#Chapter132

Hey, Cupcake!

Once school resumed, I found a job to earn some money. Ryan and I argued about it with him, claiming I didn’t need to worry about money, but I wanted my own. Call it independence, but it’s something I felt about in my life. He finally relented and stopped arguing about it. Plus, Elena told him to pick his battles with me.

I went down to a local bakery. It was a mom-and-pop bakery that a woman named Kate ran. I applied, and she interviewed me. I guess I okayed because she hired me on the spot. She also worked around my class schedule. It meant evenings,...