Forty Thousand Dollars and the Deed to Maple Avenue Bakery

work. I want the ovens lit by four in the morning.”

“We need twenty bags of sugar,” Clara said, her voice softening slightly. “And the yeast order has to be doubled.”

“I will call the distributor,” I said.

Clara looked at the worn cutting board. “We haven’t run the ovens at full capacity since the spring.”

“Then we will have to get used continue reading …