Grandma sighed and reached out to stroke my head, but she stopped halfway and withdrew her hand. She then said softly, "I know, Ash. I know everything."She turned around, took an apple out of the cabinet, rinsed it, and put it in front of the urn. She then spoke as though she were really talking to me, saying, "You should try this. I don't have much here, but the apple is really sweet. Give it a taste, Ash."I looked at the bright red apple and felt a sharp pang in my heart. I had never once eaten an entire apple while I was still alive. Whenever there was an apple at home, it was always sliced in half, with the bigger piece being given to Eli and the smaller piece to me. Eli would always secretly give me a bit more of his share, claiming he wasn't hungry and that he didn't like apples.Yet, now that I was dead, Grandma actually gave me an entire apple. I floated across and crouched down before the apple. I couldn't actually eat it, but I could still catch the whiff of its crisp,
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