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Give me My Dying Wish
by Jai Jui
 Alfonzo Perriera had worked hard all his life
in the bakery business. He was now a rich widower living with
his daughter Rebecca whom he doted on.
Alfonzo had one secret that he kept to himself. He was terrified
at the thought of being buried underground after his death. Of
course as a good Catholic that was the only way. His friends and
priest at Church took that for granted, therefore Alfonzo could
not express his wish to anyone.
Towards the end of College Rebecca fell in love with Derek
Demello, an extremely charming, handsome chap who knew how to
seduce girls. As soon as he found out that Rebecca was an only
child who would inherit a fortune, he targeted her and won her
over.
Alfonzo saw through this phony facade of Derek’s but was
unable to discourage his daughter. They were soon married.
Derek's true character began revealing itself soon enough. He
had no intention of taking a job. He would come home drunk,
squander his wife's money and occasionally beat her up, a fact
she never told her Dad.
Divorce is difficult especially if you are a Catholic but
Alfonzo suggested it to his daughter. He was so traumatized by
his daughter's suffering that his health began deteriorating.
He decided to make his last will and testament.
Upon his death it would be on a website" After I die .com "so
that all his friends would make sure his wishes were carried
out.
His wishes were simple:
- I want to be cremated, not buried
- All my property and wealth to go to my daughter
Rebecca as follows
Out of the 10 crore rupees in my bank, she gets 10,000 per
month until she divorces her husband Derek or until his
death. After that it's all hers.
Soon after that Alfonzo suffered a devastating stroke. At the
same time Derek hired a hacker and penetrated the website. He
was shocked. All he could think of was vengeance. When Rebecca
was out of the house, he came to Alfonzo's deathbed and told him
“I will see that you never get cremated. I will have you buried
in a shallow grave so the dogs will share your flesh with the
worms. And I will come and pee on you.”
It was too much for Alfonzo. That very night he passed away.
Alfonzo's wishes were revealed on the website. Derek said not a
word except to reassure Rebecca that he would make sure her
father was cremated as per his wishes.
After everyone had paid their last respects at the funeral home,
Derek bribed the owner to put an empty casket through the
incinerator and had Alfonzo’s body buried very shallow in an
unmarked grave in the cemetery.
The following evening he left home as usual telling Rebecca he
was joining his drinking buddies.
Feeling good he had some extra drinks and then went to the
cemetery locating the fresh grave of his late father in law with
some difficulty.
His bladder was quite full ready to be emptied.
He gingerly slipped his feet forward till he was facing the head
end and went to open his zipper.
Suddenly he went into a cold sweat. Something had come out of
the earth to grab his feet .He tried to move forward but the
grip only tighter. He stopped breathing. His fear was so intense
that his heart started beating faster and faster till it went
into fibrillation. Derek died on the spot.
In the morning when his body was discovered his feet were found
entangled in the two ropes that the lazy coffin diggers had
forgotten to pull away after laying the coffin in the ground.
The owner of the cemetery confessed to his involvement and was
hauled away to jail.
Rebecca and her friends were finally able to carry out her
father's last wishes as posted on the website.
She became a rich widow. Everything had happened for the best.
After service was over that Sunday morning the pastor even
played a special tune in her honor on the church organ “The
Merry Widow Waltz" by German composer Franz Lehar.
October 11, 2009
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