A. Mayes - A Slice of Magic

I was daydreaming about being back in my pajamas when I noticed a burning smell. I turned around just in time to see the milk boiling over onto the stove. It happened so fast. Boiled milk spread all across the stove sizzling as it hit the hot burner and filled the shop with a terrible smell.

On a positive note, this could probably be considered one of the regular tests of the smoke detectors that the firefighters advised me to conduct. The ear-piercing beeps filled the shop as I turned off the stove and frantically waved a towel at the ceiling. They turned off quickly, but I called the fire department just to make sure they wouldn’t come out again.

A woman with a raspy voice answered. I explained what had happened. I heard a strange noise. Was she laughing?

‘Hold please,’ she said. She must have just put her hand over the receiver because I could hear her recounting the story I had just told her.

‘She should open an ice cream shop for the safety of everyone in town,’ someone shouted. More roaring laughter.

‘I’m still here,’ I shouted into the phone.

The woman came back on the line and asked me if I was sure there wasn’t any fire anywhere.

‘No, nothing. I’m sorry to bother you,’ I said a little bitterly.

‘Talk to you tomorrow,’ she said and hung up.

I was running out of time before the shop was supposed to open, and all I had was six half-made pumpkin pies. I grabbed my coat off the hook and took off through the back door towards the grocery store. As I ran, people stopped and stared, but I didn’t have time to worry about that now. I rushed through the aisles of the store until I found the evaporated milk. I grabbed an armful of cans and headed to the checkout where Luanne was waiting for me.

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