LIES OF HOPE
I said, after giving her enough time to bask in sugar-infused heaven, “what do you know about my story?”
“Easy, girl,” she admonished. “You don’t rush an experience like this. You savor it.”
I waited, swiveling back and forth, until she had finished her impromptu breakfast. By the time she had licked the last bit of frosting from her fingers, I was faintly dizzy.
“That was heaven,” she said rolling her eyes. “Girl, you have a gift. What are you doing chasing cops and robbers around when you could be making these all day?”
Bab Populer