Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2017 19:23:03 GMT -5
Ben worked furiously in the kitchen of the Coffee Couch. He hadn’t been expecting this many customers. He was supposed to be off two hours ago, but he simply couldn’t afford to leave. It was all hands on deck. He’d excused someone already on the grounds of it being Valentine’s Day, but he was the owner of the place. He didn’t have the luxury of leaving if it got his down to the wire. He hoped Eve would understand, but he had no way of contacting her. He let out a heavy sigh as he stirred the mixture for the icing on the next batch of cupcakes. They were flying off the shelves and he was the only one with the knowhow on making them.
Ding.
The timer went off and he dropped his spoon in the bowl and put on his mitts and got the cupcakes out of the oven. He put them under the little clip-on fan he’d gotten in a rush, just trying to get them to cool as fast as the demand for them required. He wiped the sweat off his brow with the crook of his elbow. The kitchen was hot from the oven being used all day. He got back to stirring.
Even in here, the din of the sitting area with that many people carried through the air. They were doing excellent business, yes, but his mind couldn’t get off Evelyn, all alone on Valentine’s Day. He felt awful. He didn’t care that this was his first not single Valentine’s Day and he too was alone. He was worried for her. She… well, she had her past and needed help sometimes. Being abandoned on this important day… what if she thought he did it on purpose? Heaven only knew what could happen. Lives could be in danger. Especially hers!
“My kingdom for a rainbow!” he told no one in particular. Just to contact her! Check on her! Reassure her! Anything!
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