[work in progress] "Here is your apron, honey. Oh I see you met my boy already." I nodded but she went through the grand, slow motion gestures anyways, dragging out the vowels in our names as she introduced us. "Samantha...this is Matteo. Matteo... this is Samantha. I told him all about you and your family last night..." Thanks, Rita! "...and he's going to help you learn how to make some of the pastries and cookies this morning and then I thought after lunch perhaps you could be on front of house selling the food?" "That sounds great." "Good, I'll leave you in Matteo's capable hands." Oh his hands certainly seemed capable of a lot of things... --------------- Samantha entered the Natola Family bakery looking for a job. Little did she know then that she would be leaving with so much more....