Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page91 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt comes to some of us at about sixteen he said, maybe a bit earlier, maybe a bit later. You don\u2019t want to wait until you\u2019re sixty to start being nice to people. He said, if you\u2019re not there yet, young Conning, I just want to suggest a direction that you might choose to follow!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s some lecture!\u201d says Kayt.<\/p>\n \u201cNot really a lecture,\u201d says Conning, \u201cbut perhaps it is. It\u2019s a thought provoking story! Grandad said it\u2019s his favourite story, passed down through the generations.\u201d<\/p>\n Thankful that she managed to convey absolutely everything without too much hesitation, Conning sits down and the tears finally start to roll. She takes a handkerchief from her handbag, and starts dabbing her face. KristalClear and Kayt both dash forward to put their arms around her.<\/p>\n There\u2019s gentle sobbing for a minute or two, and continued silence for another minute or two as the girls, individually, have dozens of thoughts running through their heads all vying for attention, all at the same time, in a haphazard jumble of conflicting priorities.<\/p>\n And nobody wants to be the first to speak.<\/p>\n Their mental capacity can barely cope.<\/p>\n What does Conning want? What does a good apple look like? Isn\u2019t appearance important? Who is she thinking about?<\/p>\n Grandad? Some boy at school? Some girl at school? An older man in Lancaster? Somebody back home on Mannin?<\/p>\n It couldn\u2019t be KristalClear could it? Or NutJob? Or the imaginary, ideal man for CandiCrush?<\/p>\n And, why? Why is all this thinking so stressful?<\/p>\n Conning is the first to speak.<\/p>\n Regaining her composure, she lifts her head, and tries to smile at her friends. Her long, medium ash brown hair is a bit of a tangled mess and her cheeks are flushed and rosy. She calmly closes with three more remarks, delivered in a resolute, determined, strong voice, as if to mimic the style of her grandfather.<\/p>\n \u201cWhere can people find responsible, compassionate, and understanding men?\u201d<\/p>\n Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page91 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous – Book1 Page91 \u2013 Next \u201cIt comes to some of us at about sixteen he said, maybe a bit earlier, maybe a bit later. You don\u2019t want to wait until you\u2019re sixty to start being nice to people. He said, if you\u2019re not there yet, young Conning, I just want to suggest a direction … Continue reading “Chapter 12 The Good Apples091”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1445,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions\/1445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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