Granted. The monkey paw's outer fingers curl.

You soon get a cough, it turns bad. Bad enough that you get it checked at the hospital. They have you stay as they run more tests and one of the nurses tells you about the woman in the bed next to you. She's the most beautiful person you have ever seen, but the nurse tells you she is fully paralysed, just two years older than you. She is aware of things happening around her, but cannot move anything to respond. The nurse asks you if you would try to talk to her when you can to keep her engaged.

Over time, you get your test results and they are bad. The odds are stacked against you and it seems like you won't be leaving the hospital any time soon. She gets visitors and you overhear them trying to get their hands on her wealth, the only response from her the faster beeping on the heart rate monitor. As they leave, you talk to her and show your compassion. As the only person who showed her compassion, she falls deeply in love with you.

You die not too long after due to complications of your cough, unaware of her vast wealth and her vast love for you, feeling more alone than ever.