“What did you say? I didn’t hear you clearly. What was it?”

Hunter stammered, “Nothing, I didn’t say anything.”

His ungrateful daughter would not admit that she had heard his complaints, so he was not going to repeat himself. He was not dumb enough to do that.

“Do you want an apple, Dad? I’ll wash one for you,” Caroline asked. Before her father could respond, she took two apples and began washing them. Soon, she returned to his bedside, handing one apple to her father and biting into the othe