” He had a hand out and took another step back. “Yeah, I get it. It’s April Fool’s Day.” He let out an uneasy laugh. “Okay. Happy Apr...il Fool’s Day.” The irony was that neither my wife or me had even considered the date. I’m sure if we had she would have really thought up something to make him squirm beforehand, but we hadn’t. Once I heard him say it though there was no way I was ever going to forget. The first time watching her with someone who had no clue that she knew they were being. When Brooke was growing up, Nathan was younger than her and a boy, so even though Lexi his twin came right along with him, Brooke always saw him as an easy target to pick on while Lexi was her immediate ally and compatriot. Usually, they would team up, often with their little sister, Erika, and pick on Nathan even harder. Because of this, Nathan withdrew from his sisters and, even though they all lived together in the same house, Nathan’s whereabouts were often just as mysterious as he. Terrific! Right now, he'd just as soon pick his nose. I don't think You have any other choice but to thin out the innocence down there; and to do that You're going to have to use that apple!Forgive me Lord, but I am useless to you if I don't speak my mind. May I tell You why I think You planted that apple tree in the garden? Objectively speaking, it is senseless. You wanted Adam's praise for everything You made, absolutely innocent of any doubt about your goodness. Why then, plant a fruit which. ’ I was real excited, since I hadn’t seen her for several years. She said something to me, but I don’t recall what. Then she started talking to the others there. I went back to smoking and smiling at my aunt now and then. She’d been my favorite relative since I was a small child, and I new that if she was there I’d be all right. After awhile, we went back inside. The man who’d come to see me took me up to my room with aunt Dee following. When he left, Aunt Dee stayed for awhile. She asked me,.