cooking up a storm

As the summer break came, Ritchie eventually forgot about the food poisoning incident even though he had an idea how it happened right now wasn't the time for that. Having a full two months to himself to him self though it sounded fun was actually exhausting he was busy thinking on how to do something profitable this summer break. He usually sold his snacks in the evening leaving the whole morning and afternoon empty he didn't want to slack off so he took a day to go to the park he saw many people selling things like ice cream, sweet and biscuit, sodas and banana bread all equally delicious in their own right. He engaged with a seller selling pure delight a fruit snack that was both crunchy and creamy he bought one and started a conversation with the seller the seller was a chatty woman she spoke volumes about everything in the end she told him the protocols for running a business in the park. And just as he thought nothing was free, but that didn't ruin his mood instead it gave him a new insight he knew how to make most household snacks considering he had been forced to work from a very young age. He owed his cooking skills to his stepmom who was a reknown chef at dinner racer a popular kids restaurant back in his home town even if he had never gone there he had heard his stepsister talk about the restaurant. His stepmom in order to punish him made him cook the same snacks he quickly grap the basics in no time his cooking skills surpassed his stepmom which ended him a beatin. Thinking back to those days an invisible gloom covered his heart but now he was determined to use those skills again. So he went to the boss of the hotel he had worked with and he requested to rent a kitchen, she readily agreed, agreeing to lent it to him for two months and five hours per day which he happily accepted. The next day he went to the local market to find some fresh fruit. He saw peaches, guava, strawberry, apple, and so many others after walking around he finally found a vendor that was willing to sell in the price he offered he bought various fruits and paid the money when he was done shopping he got back to the hotel to get to work glancing at the time he smiled, he had two hours before the park would open. He wasn't making anything too complicated just some light hearted snacks that when paired with the home made soda become a delightful experience for anyone. He could tell from what he saw at the park that everything was store bought lacking the freshness and sweetness required of a homemade snacks he also whipped some ice cream with the fruit bought yesterday all with different flavors, some hot snack like hot prickles made a difference to the entire dish but the main course were the sodas all extremely tasty and fresh gave a certain coolness to the heart. Before eleven he was done cooking and packing up he headed to the restroom where he changed his outfit and calling a taxi he got in and left. The park opened by eleven thirty and he got there at eleven fifteen he quickly went to find a cart and paid the necessary dues setting up his stall quite early. The whole place was soon filled with different aroma of different dishes soon he got a line inviting the envy of those around him. His food quickly sold out and most people asked when next he would be there he told them he'll be coming everyday for the next two months till he opened his restaurant. Sara has been following him since morning and when she saw how fast he sold up and his plan to open a restaurant her face lit up with a genuine smile.