Bring It Along!

Alice kneaded the dough thoroughly, adding some butter and re-kneading.

Her fingers felt stiff but she continued anyway, they’d run out of supplies for the evening sales so she had to.

The thought of abandoning everything flashed through her mind, but the fact that her mum was still lying in a hospital made her continue working vigorously.

The heat from the oven sizzled her skin and made her realize that the oven was ready, as she began piling the dough in, Juliet came in.

Alice looked up at her. “How’s it going over there?”

“Fine.” Juliet sighed, looking her from up to down. “You can go have some rest, Miss. I’ll look after the oven.”

“No, Thanks. Julie. I have to make sure everything comes out well.”

“You look like you could pass out any minute from now, you’ve been working since morning, please-”

“I have to work. My Mum is in the hospital.”

Juliet went to put on an apron. “That’s more reason why you should have some rest. Come on, we don’t have much customers at this time, you can