Empty Pie Crusts

The pie had been devoured or at least, that’s what the head chef had said, but devoured was kinda inaccurate as the filling was gone but the pie crust still remained. Whether or not this was a stupid prank that the bigger chefs played on the smaller ones, John Dough wasn’t a fan of this, whatever this was. This weekend’s Octoberfest or rather pie championship was coming up so he had no time for silly jokes or anything like that, he had to work hard at that.
He had already wasted enough time baking some pumpkin cupcakes for his cousin’s daughter’s birthday since she turned nine years old two days before and was having a, let’s say, Halloween party before the Holiday even got started and after Thanksgiving had ended. The little girl loved Halloween to death as it was the day where she could dress up as anything she wanted and go around the neighborhood, going from door to door, collecting candy for free.
Regardless, John went to town on those cupcakes, working every waking hour of his life to make these things as best as he could. But like any flawed baker, it took a few tries for him to get them right. Whether it be preparing the batter or making the icing or decorating the cupcakes. But once he finally got it right, John had the biggest satisfied grin on his face as he stared down at his freshly baked cupcakes, they weren’t the bomb or anything, but they were great for a Halloween party and sure enough, when John delivered the treats to his cousin, her young daughter loved them to death.
Yet despite that successful bake, the man found himself stressed to no end and like I said before this was because Octoberfest was coming up in less than five days and the several pumpkin pies he had managed to bake up were being “eaten”. That statement didn’t stand correct by any means, but it was the only thing that could come to mind. John sighed to himself, putting a hand up to his face, picking

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Verlag: BookRix GmbH & Co. KG

Tag der Veröffentlichung: 28.09.2022
ISBN: 978-3-7554-2172-6

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