Chapter 15 Hey, Cupcake! Once school resumed, I found a job to earn some money. Ryan and I argued about it with him, claiming I didn’t need to worry about money, but I wanted my own. Call it independence, but it’s something I felt about in my life. He finally relented and stopped arguing about it. Plus, Elena told him to pick his battles with me. I went down to a local bakery. It was a mom-and-pop bakery that a woman named Kate ran. I applied, and she interviewed me. I guess I okayed because she hired me on the spot. She also worked around my class schedule. It meant evenings, which affected my time with my friends. They decided that it would not happen and ended up spending time at the bakery along with money. Kate didn’t mind since they were her best customers, plus she grew fond of