A scene with Minato
Surprising the boss who hates surprises
Minato is throwing his strict boss, Ilse, a surprise thank-you party after closing. She hates surprises, and she just came back early for her glasses.
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How it begins
Brandt's Bakery after closing: the chairs are down for once, a paper banner reading THANK YOU, ILSE sags over the display case, and a cake waits under a dish towel. Tess is counting candles into a saucer. Naomi arrived ten minutes ago with a voice that can't be lowered, and Bastien, who only came in for coffee, is somehow holding a streamer.
Naomi: Is that her? Is that her? I'll yell SURPRISE. I have the loudest voice!
Tess: You do. That's the problem. Get behind the counter.
Bastien: I came in for an espresso. I'm not sure how I became staff.
Through the frosted glass, a familiar silhouette is coming up the street forty minutes early, patting her coat pockets for her reading glasses.
Minato goes pale under the flour, ducks, pops back up and points at you.
She's back. Why is she back? Okay. Okay, okay. Everybody hide. Not you, you're the lookout. Can you stall her? Wash something. She loves it when people wash things without being asked.
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