Yummy Cupcakes!

[Angela Pillsbury]

Angie had been in Topeka for over a week, she was just taking a break since there were no new cases yet. She was craving for cupcakes or any kind of baked sweets so she took off looking for the first bakery she could find. “Sweet Emotion” Read the sign on the other end of the street. Angela squealed excited. She had found one! She looked both ways before she sprinted to the other side of the street making her heels click-clack against the pavement. She bent over laying the palm of her hands against the shopfront, eyeing the goodies with a big grin.

She straightened her back and decided to walk in. She pushed the door open walking in with a childlike eagerness she could feel her mouth that had started watering and she liked her lips looking like a hungry fox. She loved sweet baked bread. She came closer to the counter with a smile from ear to ear waving the lady who was there to get her attention. She pointed at a particularly pretty looking group of cupcakes behind the glass. “What flavor are these? Can I get a box with 10?”

Tagged: Leah Winchester

[Leah Winchester]

Running a bakery was a lot more difficult than Leah had anticipated.  Sweet Emotion had been open less than a month and she was already running herself ragged.  To be honest, she had expected herself to be scrounging for customers, but apparently she had chosen a prime location to open her shop, because she definitely wasn't lacking for business.  The worst part was the long hours... having to get up at 3:30 AM just to get the first batches of hot doughnuts ready for the early risers who came by when the place opened at 5 AM.  Lunch usually consisted of trying to sneak a bite of a sandwich or a raw baby carrot here and there because she was trying to play judge, jury, and executioner here or, more so... baker, cashier and accountant.   She definitely needed to look into hiring a couple of people, but that was difficult when first opening a business like this because she had to be able to afford to pay a decent wage.

She heard the chime over the door when the young blonde arrived as she was pulling a couple of cakes fresh out of the oven.  Luckily the shop was set up so that she could see the front of the store through a window that gave a view of the kitchen, and they could see her... So when the customer waved to get her attention she smiled and nodded at her, setting the cakes on the table to cool and pulling off the oven mitts.  She dusted off the front of her apron as she came to the front, where all of the samples and edible treats were artfully arranged in glass display cases.  "Hello!  Welcome," she greeted the blonde with a cheerful smile.  "How can I help you?"

“What flavor are these? Can I get a box with 10?”

Leah stepped up closer to the case to look down at the cupcakes she was referring to.  "Oh, those are strawberry with cream cheese frosting," she said, reaching down to pull out a box and setting it on top of the case, pulling on a pair of clear plastic gloves to retrieve the cupcakes for her.  "Ten, you said?"