A few days later, Stitch was at work doing paperwork in his office, when one of his bakery employees paged him on his walkie talkie.
"Stitch, we have a Karen in the bakery demanding the store manager" she said. "She's sitting over in the café"
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"What's the problem, Raquel?" Stitch radioed back.
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"She won't even tell us" Raquel said. "She just demanded the store manager, and she's sitting at the table with her cake, and she's pissed"
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"Alright," Stitch sighed. "I'll be right there"
He got up and headed towards the bakery, where there was indeed a young woman with a Karen haircut sitting at one of the tables across from the bakery.
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"Hi," he introduced himself. "I'm Stitch, I'm the store manager, how can I help you?"
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"Oh my God" the woman said, looking him up and down. "Stitch?"
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"Oh, holy shit" Stitch said, recognizing who it was. "Jennifer. Oh, wow, um, how are you? Do you live around here now? Man, I'm sorry, I'm being super unprofessional. What is wrong with your cake?"
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"Oh, you're fine" Jennifer laughed. "No, I'm still in T-Town. My grandmother lives here, and it's her 99th birthday, and her name is Milldred with two Ls, and they confirmed the spelling on the phone and everything, and as you can see, they spelled it with one L."
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"Well, I'll definitely waive the fee for you" Stitch said. "I will have them make you a brand new cake and you won't be charged a dime. Hang on."
He walked over behind the bakery counter.
"Raquel," he said. "Remake that lady's cake and put two L's this time. Also print her out a comped sticker."
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"Seriously?" Raquel asked. "That woman was rude as hell"
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"She's a friend of mine" Stitch said. "Do it or lose your chance for bakery manager once Sheila retires"
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"Yes, sir" Raquel sighed, as Stitch walked back and sat back down with Jennifer.
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"So, Jen, how've you been?" He asked.
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"I've been really good" Jennifer said. "I met my husband shortly after you guys moved. We've been married for 13 years now. We got married after less than a year of dating. My son is 12 and my daughter is 10. How have you been, Stitch? How is your brother? I can't believe it's been 14 years since you guys moved. I remember hearing about Sully getting hurt by Cynthia's cousins. That was so long ago, too. I'm pretty sure they're still in prison for that. Did he make a full recovery?"
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"Yeah, Sully is fine" Stitch said. "He went through some shit, but he has a great job, he owns his house, and he found himself a great girl"
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"Oh, that's wonderful" Jennifer said. "And what about you, Stitch? What have you been up to since 2004?"
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"Well, my drinking definitely got out of control more than once" Stitch said. "I ended up getting a girl pregnant when I was 16. Went through some more rough patches with my drinking, I had a second daughter by the same girl and I married her. We had 2 boys, and now we're having twins. I've been working here since she was pregnant with my oldest, and I worked my way up to store manager a little over a year ago. I'm also approaching 10 years sober."
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"Oh wow, that's awesome" Jennifer said. "Congrats to all of that"
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"Thanks" Stitch said. "It took me awhile to be happy with my life, but I finally am"
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"I never stopped thinking about you, Stitch" Jennifer said. "I know what we were doing was wrong. I was young, dumb, and thought you were cute. Your parents were right in moving you guys here, away from me. I had no idea that you had moved to where my grandma lives"
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"I enjoyed the time we spent together, Jennifer" Stitch said. "I really did. But that was such a dark time in my life. I was a fully functional alcoholic at age 14. Sully was weirded out because of that time we found our parents' sex dice when you were babysitting us and you showed us how to play."
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"Stitch, that was pretty fucked up of me" Jennifer said. "I was 19, and you guys were 11 and 12. In the 6th grade."
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"Well, I forgive you" Stitch said. "For everything. I know your life would have been ruined forever if my parents had reported you for having sex with me when I was 14. Sully lost his virginity to Cynthia when he was 12, and they didn't care. They just gave him condoms."
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"It was my age, Stitch" Jennifer said. "I was 21. You were 14. I'm 35 now. You're what, 28? It wouldn't be wrong now, because we're both adults now, but we're both married, so we will never know. But as I got older, I realized how bad that was. If an older woman touched my 12 year old son, there would be hell to pay. I'm truly sorry, Stitch"
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"It's okay" Stitch said. "Really, it is. I've got to get back to work, but here's my number"
He pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket and wrote his number down.
"Text me sometime. Your cake should be ready soon. But you have to give me a hug"
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Jennifer chuckled, as she stood up so Stitch could hug her. She flinched as he accidentally irritated a large bruise on her arm.
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"Oh, shit, are you okay?" He asked.
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"Oh, yeah" Jennifer laughed. "Being a soccer mom isn't all fun and games"
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"Nice to see you, Jennifer" Stitch headed back to his office.
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