Chapter 2

“Alright, little lady,” Walter said to Anna, “I have some pastries for you to try out today.”

“Awesome, Walter,” Anna said excitingly, “What do I have to do?”

“I have these three chalkboards here with all the pastries written, a place to check whether or not you like the pastries so I can sell it in the shop, and with the pastry that you don’t like, a column to tell me what the problem is with it. All you got to do is check yes if you like it and no if you don’t. For every ‘yes’ answer, that’s a pastry that I’ll sell here in the shop. For every ‘no’ answer you check, you have to give me a reason that you don’t like it so I can perfect the recipe and try again until I can sell it in the shop. Do you have any questions so far, my dear?”

“Not really, Walter.”

“Alright, now let’s get to the payment part of the deal. I’ll pay you 10 bucks an hour and up to 80 a day. If you plan to do overtime, work weekends, help cater with me, or clean up the shop from top to bottom, I’ll give you 20 dollars extra. I don’t like selling day-old pastries, so at closing time, you can take all of the pastries I don’t sell home with you. Sounds like a good deal, honey?

“Spectacular! You’ve got one taste tester for life, Walter!” Anna said with joy, “We are going to be such great business partners!”

“I’m glad you think so, Anna,” Walter said as he heard someone come in the bakery, “Oh, and one more thing: Are you allergic to any foods or certain ingredients I should know about?”

“No allergens to food or ingredients of any kind, Walter. I’m allergy free.”

“Well, I’ll let you get started, Anna. I’ll be checking on you throughout the day, so have fun, and I’ll be back in a little bit to see some results.”

“Aye, aye, sir!” Anna said as she sat down to try the first set of pastries while Walter took care of the customers.

Time passed as Langston’s Bakery was the hit of the town. While Walter was selling his pastries to everyone that stepped in the door, Anna was tasting and eating away at the samples of his new cakes pies and sweets he could come up with. The two of them were catering parties together all over the town and surrounding cities, making the bakery even more successful.

Anna was the happiest employee the town probably had as she did to make Walter’s business bigger and more worthwhile, along with her. Her once speedy metabolism has now slowed down, making her chubbier all over her body. She would eat nothing but pastries all day and night, gaining more and more weight. When her mother and father came to visit her one day, they knew then that her being obese finally caught up to her, and pleaded for her to stop gaining weight and find another job somewhere else.