Chapter 9

thing but the music in his radio to keep me company, I fell into my thoughts.

“Hey,” he called my attention to him as I smiled. “Are you okay? You seem distant.”

“I’m sorry. I’ve got a lot on my mind.”

“Oh yeah? Like what?” he asked wanting to know what I was thinking about as I looked around looking for a way to give off an excuse.

“I had difficult clients today,” I sighed. “They didn’t think I could run my own company. It was embarrassing but I did put him in his place.”

“Did he come to you for help?”

“Apparently his failing business needed my touch and that was what I did. I saved it, yet I was given the bad hand.”

“I’m glad you put him in his place. No one deserves to talk to you anyhow. You’ve come a long way. I knew when your business was the only thing you were holding onto. Here you are being one of the biggest bakeries in the country.”

I loved hearing the history of how I started and I looked towards the school when I heard the bell ring.

Almost immediately I found the tripl