badly?”
“I believe our personalities clashed so hard the first time because I made a decision then not to let him intimidate me again.
“Jensen seems to believe that he is the only one who has worked their ass off to make their business where it is today. Well, he hasn’t and I’m still angry he came over here and got in my face almost telling me I was too worthless to handle running this place.
“I won’t let him, or anyone else, take this away from me. I've worked too hard to get this far. My pastry arts degree means the world to me and it will help me attain a profitable business doing something I love.”
“Oh, I see what the problem is now. It has become a lot clearer to me,” Jazmaine told her.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Maymi said. She started clearing away the trash off the table leftover from her lunch.
“Has your father called you at all since the grand opening? I know you called and told him about it; despite the fact, he hasn’t been all of that supportive of your career choice.”
Getting up from her seat, she tossed the remains of her sandwich into her trashcan. Why did Jazmaine have to bring up her father? She wasn’t in the mood to discuss her father.
“Maymi, are you going to answer me?” her girlfriend asked from right behind her.
She spun around and took Jazmaine’s trash from her. “No, I haven’t heard from him, but you know that he isn’t big on giving words of encouragement to the only girl in the family.”
“I can’t believe your father treats you so differently from your brothers. Surely, he’s still not mad because you decided to go after you own dream and not the one he had picked out for you.”
She understood that Jazmaine was trying to be a good friend to her, but this conversation was going nowhere. They had been talking about Jensen and somehow it had turned down a side street and gotten onto her father.
“Look, I know—”
The beeping sound of the timer cut Maymi off signaling to her that it was time to take the cookies out of the oven. Walking away from her girlfriend, she grabbed a potholder off the counter then went over to the oven and removed the cookies. Maymi moved around Jazmaine and sat the cookie sheet down before she worked on removing the warm cookies to a rack.
“Maymi, you need to talk about this. I know you’re upset with your dad, but you need to fix things with him.”
“Aren’t you going to be late getting back to work?” she asked, hoping Jazmaine took the blatant hint and left it alone.
“Alright, I got it. You want me to leave but I do have one more thing to tell you. You aren’t going anywhere and I doubt Jensen is going to uproot his gym to a new location either. So the two of you need to get along or find a better way to avoid each other.”
Angry at the advice which came across more like an attack on her, Maymi twirled around giving Jazmaine a look. “Why do I have to be the one getting a lecture? He started the feud with me. I was minding my own business working away and he came over to my bakery...it wasn’t the other way around. I only went over to Fitness 24 so I could see Casper. I had no interest in looking at his face or hearing his voice for that matter.”
“I’m not giving you a lecture. I’m only pointing out the facts. The more you stay away from him the more productive your day will go.” Jazmaine looked her directly in the eye. “If you see him coming go the other way, it will keep down the arguments. You want to use all of that energy to draw more customers through the doors.Fitness 24 had been around a while and already has a name in the community. Sinfulhas only been here months. You can’t let him detour you anymore than he already has.”
“I—”
“Honey, just try it my way for a few days and see how it works out for you. Ignore anything he might toss your way and direct those emotions towards a different goal. Didn’t you mention you need to design some extra
“I believe our personalities clashed so hard the first time because I made a decision then not to let him intimidate me again.
“Jensen seems to believe that he is the only one who has worked their ass off to make their business where it is today. Well, he hasn’t and I’m still angry he came over here and got in my face almost telling me I was too worthless to handle running this place.
“I won’t let him, or anyone else, take this away from me. I've worked too hard to get this far. My pastry arts degree means the world to me and it will help me attain a profitable business doing something I love.”
“Oh, I see what the problem is now. It has become a lot clearer to me,” Jazmaine told her.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Maymi said. She started clearing away the trash off the table leftover from her lunch.
“Has your father called you at all since the grand opening? I know you called and told him about it; despite the fact, he hasn’t been all of that supportive of your career choice.”
Getting up from her seat, she tossed the remains of her sandwich into her trashcan. Why did Jazmaine have to bring up her father? She wasn’t in the mood to discuss her father.
“Maymi, are you going to answer me?” her girlfriend asked from right behind her.
She spun around and took Jazmaine’s trash from her. “No, I haven’t heard from him, but you know that he isn’t big on giving words of encouragement to the only girl in the family.”
“I can’t believe your father treats you so differently from your brothers. Surely, he’s still not mad because you decided to go after you own dream and not the one he had picked out for you.”
She understood that Jazmaine was trying to be a good friend to her, but this conversation was going nowhere. They had been talking about Jensen and somehow it had turned down a side street and gotten onto her father.
“Look, I know—”
The beeping sound of the timer cut Maymi off signaling to her that it was time to take the cookies out of the oven. Walking away from her girlfriend, she grabbed a potholder off the counter then went over to the oven and removed the cookies. Maymi moved around Jazmaine and sat the cookie sheet down before she worked on removing the warm cookies to a rack.
“Maymi, you need to talk about this. I know you’re upset with your dad, but you need to fix things with him.”
“Aren’t you going to be late getting back to work?” she asked, hoping Jazmaine took the blatant hint and left it alone.
“Alright, I got it. You want me to leave but I do have one more thing to tell you. You aren’t going anywhere and I doubt Jensen is going to uproot his gym to a new location either. So the two of you need to get along or find a better way to avoid each other.”
Angry at the advice which came across more like an attack on her, Maymi twirled around giving Jazmaine a look. “Why do I have to be the one getting a lecture? He started the feud with me. I was minding my own business working away and he came over to my bakery...it wasn’t the other way around. I only went over to Fitness 24 so I could see Casper. I had no interest in looking at his face or hearing his voice for that matter.”
“I’m not giving you a lecture. I’m only pointing out the facts. The more you stay away from him the more productive your day will go.” Jazmaine looked her directly in the eye. “If you see him coming go the other way, it will keep down the arguments. You want to use all of that energy to draw more customers through the doors.Fitness 24 had been around a while and already has a name in the community. Sinfulhas only been here months. You can’t let him detour you anymore than he already has.”
“I—”
“Honey, just try it my way for a few days and see how it works out for you. Ignore anything he might toss your way and direct those emotions towards a different goal. Didn’t you mention you need to design some extra
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