After delivering the meals, I hurried to pick up my daughter.
Just as I reached the door, Mrs Peterson stopped me. “Emily, is that Sarah related to you?”
I couldn’t help but admire her ability to change her tone so quickly. Just a moment ago, she was at odds with me, and now she was
acting like we were family.
I shot her a cold look. “Why do you care?”
“We should all benefit together,” Mrs Peterson smiled in a flattering way.. “I’ve been asking around nearby offices. They all want to order your lunches, but heard you’re not taking new clients. Such a shame.”
After I started supplying lunch for Sarah’s company, a few other companies‘ managers had approached me. But I’d turned them
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Cooking for twenty people was already exhausting. I didn’t want to take on more because it would affect the quality of the food.
But I didn’t expect Mrs Peterson to have found that out.
Before I could say anything, she rushed ahead with her proposal. “I guess you can’t handle all of it, so why don’t you team up with our lunch service? We’ll charge $15 dollars per meal, and you’ll get $10. Easy money for you. What do you say?”
It sounded tempting, like I could just sit back and make 10 bucks without doing much. But, unfortunately…
“Mrs Peterson, you’re really good at counting money,” I raised my voice sharply, drawing the attention of some passersby. “You may think it’s a good deal for me to make ten bucks, but I’m the one who’s risking my reputation and taking on the risk. As for the quality of your food, I have no idea what it’s like. And someone like you, with such low morals, I’d never work with you.”
Mrs Peterson’s face immediately darkened, and she raised her hand again. “Say that again, and I’ll tear your mouth apart!”
Just as she was about to lunge at me, the security guard shouted, “What’s going on here?”
Mrs Peterson froze, reluctantly pulling her hand back and turning to leave.
Before she left, she looked at me and sneered, “Emily, you wait and see!”
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