He Humiliated Me in Public, So His Regret Pays by the Tear novel · Chapter 22 of 32
Chapter 22: The Offer
Halina's POV
The call from the Guild came on a Thursday in August.
I did not believe it until the woman said the word Sokol's twice.
"A new category," she said. "Best Neighborhood Bakery. We've never had one. The committee voted this week."
"Who's nominated?"
"You are. And three others."
"Why now?" I asked.
"We received a letter," she said, "from someone who felt strongly."
I knew who.
I put the phone down on the counter.
I stood there until Marta came and took the flour scoop out of my hand.
"What?"
"I'm nominated for something."
"For what?" Marta asked.
"Neighborhood bakery. The gala is the thirteenth of September."
Marta screamed.
She dropped the scoop, grabbed me around the middle and swung me in a circle.
The bell over the door rang and an old man in a hat looked in and left again quickly.
I laughed so hard I had to sit on a flour sack.
It was the kind of laugh that goes on a little too long.
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