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Early morning light filtered through the window in the kitchen as Génévieve LeBlanc pulled the last tray of pastries from her oven. She set them on cooling rack before wiping the sweat from her brow; it was the first day of summer, hot already at barely eight in the morning. Today marked the beginning of tourist season in the small, seaside town where she lived, and she was expecting many customers. True Love Café, famous for its supposed ability to bring its visitors together with their soul mate, had always drawn many visitors, especially during the warm months, when the usually sparsely populated town was overrun with vacationers looking for some relaxation by the sea. Her late great-aunt had always welcomed them with a smile.
Génévieve undid her ponytail, letting her long blonde hair fall to her shoulders as she stared out the window at the sea in the distance. Her aunt had been the one who raised her, taught her everything she knew about baking, running the café, and the importance of kindness. Unable to have children of her own, she adopted little Génévieve after a car accident took the lives of her parents, who had met in the café years earlier when her mother came from out of town to visit her aunt for the summer. Her father had a part-time job busing tables. Génévieve remembered how scared she had been after that accident (which thankfully she had not been a part of) so young and suddenly all alone in the world. Her aunt made all those fears vanish the night she arrived on her doorstep with a glass of milk and a warm chocolate chip cookie. From then on, the café was home.
Génévieve was jolted out of this reverie by the sound of the old grandfather clock in the front of the café striking eight. It was time to open the store. She quickly hung up her apron, smoothing out her skirt as she made her way out of the kitchen and into the dining area.
The café had a quiet charm, All the tables were covered in white cloth, which, if looked at closely, were delicately embroidered with small hearts and flowers, and topped with simple vases filled with fresh red carnations. The walls were lined with shelves of various fine china her aunt had collected over the years, seashells, and small, Impressionist-like paintings of the beach. Toward the front, which was lined with windows that looked down the hillside toward the sea below, was the cash register and pastry case where she sat during open hours. Génévieve passed all this and flipped the sign in the window from “closed” to “open” before taking her place behind the register. It would be awhile before anyone showed up, so she settled back in her chair and opened up a book.
Génévieve undid her ponytail, letting her long blonde hair fall to her shoulders as she stared out the window at the sea in the distance. Her aunt had been the one who raised her, taught her everything she knew about baking, running the café, and the importance of kindness. Unable to have children of her own, she adopted little Génévieve after a car accident took the lives of her parents, who had met in the café years earlier when her mother came from out of town to visit her aunt for the summer. Her father had a part-time job busing tables. Génévieve remembered how scared she had been after that accident (which thankfully she had not been a part of) so young and suddenly all alone in the world. Her aunt made all those fears vanish the night she arrived on her doorstep with a glass of milk and a warm chocolate chip cookie. From then on, the café was home.
Génévieve was jolted out of this reverie by the sound of the old grandfather clock in the front of the café striking eight. It was time to open the store. She quickly hung up her apron, smoothing out her skirt as she made her way out of the kitchen and into the dining area.
The café had a quiet charm, All the tables were covered in white cloth, which, if looked at closely, were delicately embroidered with small hearts and flowers, and topped with simple vases filled with fresh red carnations. The walls were lined with shelves of various fine china her aunt had collected over the years, seashells, and small, Impressionist-like paintings of the beach. Toward the front, which was lined with windows that looked down the hillside toward the sea below, was the cash register and pastry case where she sat during open hours. Génévieve passed all this and flipped the sign in the window from “closed” to “open” before taking her place behind the register. It would be awhile before anyone showed up, so she settled back in her chair and opened up a book.
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