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he sole owner of the bakery. The problem is, the future is inevitable, and no one has a clear picture of what will happen in the

with us. Unwelcoming wouldn't describe my personality, but I wished mama didn't invite them. I was unsure if

I was the lead chef and I loved it. with everyone busy doing their work. I was t

s if I killed her bee, I had gotten used to it so I waved at her, the smile on my face widening. She smiled back but it wasn't t

rms around. "Hurry up. W

and practically ran away from

My mom's life had taken a toll after she got pregnant with me, well, at least

lost her taste bud. I was around sixteen then, and I watched my mother turning from full of

even weddings from the next town came to make their orders. I had been hap

her. An ear she yaps to. Instead of crying out, I got used to it because in this

thought. A smile appeared on my face so easily, she looked around the kitchen. With a

g and we began the

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emaining was to put them in the oven. As I waited for them to get ready, everyone sli

They took the meals to the sitting room and left me to arrange the cookies in the tray. The aroma filling in t

bite of one cookie and grinned as I chewed it. The smile disap

attack. I was a baker born to bake. I designed new cake menus in my dreams. I took a different cookie and

I didn't blame them. They were savoring the delicious heap of food as if their lives depended on it. F

I asked if I could decorate it. There was only a mirror, I looked at myself and slowly p

reams because she lost her only getaway. Her loyal taste bud has gone rog

nt to see what was happening, and I found everyone looking

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the kitchen and took out my mother's favorite cake I made only for her. With adrenal

sugar to salt, to water, to juice, and to other food I knew I kn

cruel and I cursed for being bad to me. I got a pineapple from the fridge, I was

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breathlessly and stuffe

ew Year.

I saw what happened with mama. Suffocated, I rushed to my bedroom and s

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annoying but I didn't care, I took another one and passed it around my mouth, was I too cra

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