She actually liked what I was doing? In all the years I’d baked, she’d never even tried anything I’d made, as far as I could tell. But she’d watched my videos. Emotions welled up inside of me, a longing for the kind of closeness I’d always wanted with her. But the cautious side of me reined them in. I’d had my hopes kicked like a puppy by her once already, but she looked so sincere.
