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Katie

I let myself into my mom’s apartment It’s a nice place, and very ho that’s been there for years, and our old kitchen greets me

“Hey Mom!” I call out “I’m here I have your cupcakes for you”

Dinah calls out from the back somewhere

“Thanks sweetheart Can you just put theht out in a minute”

I make a face and slowly unload the tray of cupcakes I have on hand There’s a huge batch of them, all from Lovely’s Lane don There’s chocolate, hazelnut, chocolate with hazelnut spread, hazelnut with chocolate frosting, as well as specialty flavors like pumpkin spice, cinnamon mocha, and their most recent concoction called Turkey Gobbler Don’t ask iving, Lovely’s Lane created a special flavor While it sounds disgusting tolike hotcakes because this cupcake was the last one left

“Hi honey,” sings my mom as she breezes into the utilitarian kitchen “Thank you sothese over Oh, what’s this? Letthe Turkey Gobbler cupcake Before I can say anything, she takes a bite and then ooey brown and white cream

“Uck, that ful!” she coughs into a napkin “What was in that?”

“I would have warned you, Mom, but it’s too late now That one is called Turkey Gobbler and it’s Lovely’s holiday special That bad, huh?”

My lass of water like a dying woman

“It orse than bad It tasted like turkey private parts mixed with avian sweat and dirty feet”

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