Anonymous 102519Fri205636 No55046566 Story Time Because I Want to Share and It's a Special Day Be Me 22 KHHV NEET No Real Purpose in Life Autistic >live in a Small Town but Still Don't Know Anyone >down the Street Is a Harvest Festival Going on Go There on a Whim See Nice Old Man Making Caramel Apples Hand Dipped >i Go Over and Buy One With Some Pocket Change L Ow Saved Up >it's Really Good We Talk About Caramel Apples >his Name Is Ted >he Asks if I'd Like to Help Him Make Apples Enthusiastically Say Yes Go to a Factory Next Day at 9 AM >I Get to Dip the Apples and Put the Sticks on Them >I Box Them Up and Sell Them Get to Decorate Them Too Told I Would Not Last Longer Than a Year by Floor Manager Since Nobody Does >Get to Know Ted He Has No Kids and His Wife Died in a Boat Accident We Talk Every Day About Apples and Candy >he Gets Me Into Football We Watch Football Together He Lets Me Show Him Anime >7 Years Pass >I've Been There the Longest Ted Doesn't Come to Work I Call Him No Response I Go to His House >Door Unlocked Go in and See Him on the Floor Call 911 He Had a Stroke and Died Later That Day in the Hospital Cry for Days Because My Only Friend Is Gone >A Few Days Pass I Learn That He Left the Factory and the Apple Shop to Me >note Says You're the Hardest Worker I've Ever Met I Know You Will Make Me Proud >burst Into Tears in Front of Lawyer Every Day I Go to That Factory to Work Hard >l Come Up With All Sorts of Ideas to Decorate the Apples Every Holiday Still KHHV but I Love Making Apples >Whole Town Knows Me as the Apple Man Never Been Happier Making Caramel Apples Today Would Have Been His 76th Birthday We Got a Huge Catering Order Done Today in Time for Halloween Business Is Better Than Ever I Know You're Watching Me Ted I Hope I'm Making You Proud This Is One of the Most Wholesome Things Ive Ever Read