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, tiny speckles of white that mirrored a lifetime spent in bakeries. Her grandmother's bakery had been a fixture in her small

h scent of breads and pastries. Lily's grandmother taught her that baking was both an art and a science; it re

t struggled. After the sudden passing of Lily's father, her mother took charge, juggling both parenting and business with admirable but tiring enthusiasm. The bakery was their heart, but it was also

in toughened by oven burns yet gentle in their touch, capable of coaxing perfection from raw ingredients. Dreams, however, have their own time, and Lily's seemed perpetually deferred. She longed to expand the family bakery beyond the

pastry chef Arthur Bennett, whose reputation was Questionable. Though Lily was reluctant to leave her family, she saw this job as a lifeline-a chance to gain invaluable experience and, hopefully, the means to support her family from afar. In the bustling city, adjusting was tough. The pace was frenetic, the demands high, but Lily thrived in the pressure. Her creativity flourished under Mr. Bennett's exacting standards, and she quickly became a trusted member of the team. She developed new recipes, improve