“Thank you—Hope to see you again” I flashed a smile as I waved our last customer of the day goodbye. It was finally closing hours."Finally” Lucy sighed, flipping the open sign closed.“Are you heading home now?” She took off her apron as she make her way towards me."Yeah, I told my mom I'd return early to help her out with my dad”"Oh, I see” she picks up her purse “don't you think you should take a break tomorrow?” A frown suddenly settled on my face “why?”“I don't know, with this whole thing with your dad and the bakery, you've been overworking yourself…I don't want you to break down or something”Always so worried about me I give her a faint smile, placing both my hands on her shoulders “I'll be fine, Lucia, Don't worry about me…okay?”She nodded her head slowly breaking into a smile which caused one to form on my face. It wasn't hard to admit how beautiful Lucia was, even though she never believed it. Her smile was so contagious with her bright brown eyes and freckle filled c
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