CHAPTER 2:
Stella wakes up at 5 in every morning. She had her teeth floss and not forgetting her beautiful purple gown pressed down neatly which she usually wears on Friday. Purple is a sense of luck to her on every Friday so she will never skip her daily Friday routine. She had her hair perm in the DIY way and polished her nails and her favourite brown CATS boots that cost a fortune. By sunrise, she had her rose red dolce coat on her upon heading to Cream-Pie.
Stella had her ingredients preorder every evening an hour before she closes her Cream-Pie and they will send it to her every morning before she reach. As soon as Stella reaches at the Cream-Pie, she had her sunflower apron on and put on the hair net. With full of love Stella place her mixing bowl on the preparation table and take her weighting scales to scales her ingredients. Later Stella set up her other equipment and assembles her ingredients for the day. Stella set her oven temperature at 170°c in order for her to bake her cakes faster.
Stella loves to bake cakes and pies since she was in first year of high school. She started to bake since her mum gave her the opportunity to bake by herself. Stella followed her mum’s path and continues the journey to build her own bakery shop which she named it as Cream-Pie.
Stella starts the day with her famous and fast selling chocolate cream pie. She takes 10 cups of fine graham cracker crumbs, about 120 graham crackers with a bottle of honey. She melted 3 tubs of 3 stars branded butter and scoops 10 cups of light brown sugar. She opened 5 packages of premixed instant chocolate pudding and pie filling and about 3 liters of white milk. After preparing her ingredients, she took 1 liters of milk pour in the mixing bowl and a packet of fine sugars. She starts the mixer slowly and breaks a packet of fresh eggs which she then separate the white egg and the yolk. After finish doing so, she mixes the white egg into the mixer and stirs it slowly then she increases the level of the beater faster and stop once the mixing thicken.
Then Stella proceeds on to making her pie crust. First, she mixed the graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, and brown sugar into the mixer bowl and later pressed down the mixture into bottom and up sides of 9-inch pie plate. Next, she baked the raw crust in a preheated oven for 8 minutes. While waiting, Stella prepared the next batch of crust that is to be baked. As soon as the crust achieves its golden brown color, the oven gave a beep and Stella grabs her mitten and removes the tray of crusts from the oven and set it aside for cooling process. Next, she prepares the ready mixed pudding by adding milk and stirred the mixture. Stella pours the prepared pudding into the cooled graham cracker crust and as soon as the batch of pies is filled with the fillings, Stella carries the cooled tray and places it in the chiller for at least 30 minutes before serving. Lastly, she decorates the top of each slice with a dollop of whipped topping which she had prepared earlier.
Stella continues her bakes for other pies and opens her shop at 10 in the morning. While attending to her beloved customers, Stella brewed coffees and teas at the same time. Stella continues doing the same routine until she closes her shop at 6 in the evening. Stella quickly clear her shops and sat by the window looking outside on the street. She looked at her N95 series phone and realized that she had 10 missed call and 15 messages from the stranger that text her the previous night. Being curious, Stella tried to call him but to no respond of him. Hence, she sent him an inbox message in order for her to receive a response from his side. Again she looked outside of her bakery window and was pretty amazed by the people on the streets outside. Stella was hoping to see Zack once again however she knew that it was impossible of her since the day they fall apart.
Her Celine Dion ringtone disturbed her imagination and Stella unlocked her phone as quickly as possible to see the sender.
* Hey, sorry for not answering your previous calls and for the late reply. I was attending to something important back then and did not hear the phone rang. What’s the matter my dear? Do you need me to call you back? *
* No it’s okay. I’m fine. I’m just curious as you have been messaging me since afternoon till early evening. I thought you might have something to tell me. Perhaps starts of with who you are or else I would not even know who am I texting with, * Stella replied.
A minute later, * Well I am Mike. Do you mind making friends with me? I know you are a busy person however you could at least give me the opportunity to prove myself as your friend. What about meeting? Perhaps we could get to know each other better. In anyway, you look elegant today when I dropped by at your shop earlier this afternoon. I tried to inform you but you seemed busy hence I just kept it to myself. Maybe for a cup of coffee somewhere nearby or dinner would be a great choice after a long tiring day working?
Stella gave a wide banana smiles that brims from one ear to the another as she knew that she just gotten herself a date. She gets up from her seats and walked towards her bonia handbag and left the store. Stella set her security alarm and locked the store door immediately before the alarm went off. She walks herself home slowly while continuing sending messages to one another and soon she realizes, she is already in front of her door step.
***My path can only be right when i'm walking straight with full of confident in me***
