Dissonance
“My mother always put the spinach on the bottom. She said it was good because kids spot them, thinking they are just an average chocolate cupcake, and select them.
“So those have spinach in them?” a voice from the other side of the case said as he leaned to peek through the glass at me. He wore his usual smile and his glasses were again upon his face and I smiled myself in return.
I took one of the cupcakes out as I stood up and leaned against the case, handing the cupcake to Blake. “Y...es, they do have spinach in them, but I guarantee you won’t taste it,” I said with a smile in return.
“So is this a sample or are you pushing a sale on me?” he asked, eyeing the cupcake as if it were going to eat him and not the other way around.
“It’s on the house,” I said, laughing at him. “But you have to eat it all—right now.”
“Right now—but what if I don’t like it?MoreLess
“So those have spinach in them?” a voice from the other side of the case said as he leaned to peek through the glass at me. He wore his usual smile and his glasses were again upon his face and I smiled myself in return.
I took one of the cupcakes out as I stood up and leaned against the case, handing the cupcake to Blake. “Y...es, they do have spinach in them, but I guarantee you won’t taste it,” I said with a smile in return.
“So is this a sample or are you pushing a sale on me?” he asked, eyeing the cupcake as if it were going to eat him and not the other way around.
“It’s on the house,” I said, laughing at him. “But you have to eat it all—right now.”
“Right now—but what if I don’t like it?MoreLess
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