Red Cake

Feng Xuan had been at Gretel's all day. She met with a website designer as she thought it would give him the idea on how she wanted the site to look like. It was already closing time and she was doing the final count from the register. Business had been doing really well the past few days.

While it was as if she was at the peak of joy in her life, it had been tiring. It had been endless baking over the past few days as she kept on insisting that she did not want her crew to be doing all the work.

She heard the ding! of an oven inside and packed up the money. Only one of her crew stayed for the closing and she was still mopping the floor. "I just have to check some cupcakes at the kitchen. Stay here," she said to her bodyguard.

"But, ma'am—"

"Please," she said with a pout. "I need some time to myself." She did not even wait for an answer and got into the other room. "Thank you!" she shouted before the door fully closed.