HIS WILLING TOY
“Tell me something about you, Jade. Something real.”
I hesitated, the fork hovering halfway to my mouth. After a long pause, I swallowed and set it down.
“Okay,” I said quietly. “When I was a kid, I used to sneak into my neighbour’s garden. They had this big, old apple tree. I’d climb it, steal the ripest apples, and eat them on the roof of our shed. Felt like a king up there.”
My dad could buy me all the apples at the store if he wanted to, but I really enjoyed the climbing part, that rush of adrenaline as I got to the top.
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