The elderly baker stared at her in silence.<\/p>\n
“You were that little girl?”<\/p>\n
She smiled and nodded.<\/p>\n
Then she reached into her purse.<\/p>\n
Carefully, she unfolded a faded paper slip.<\/p>\n
The blue was still visible.<\/p>\n
“I kept it all these years.”<\/p>\n
The baker’s hands began to tremble.<\/p>\n
“I never thought anyone would.”<\/p>\n
She placed a folder on the counter.<\/p>\n
“The bakery is paid for.”<\/p>\n
The two businessmen exchanged stunned glances.<\/p>\n
“But there’s one condition.”<\/p>\n
The baker looked up.<\/p>\n
She smiled through her tears.<\/p>\n
“Promise me…”<\/p>\n
“…the next hungry child still gets a sandwich with a ‘++’ on top.”<\/p>\n
The old baker smiled.<\/p>\n
“That promise was never in danger.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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