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The morning bell over the door still jingled as if it remembered everyone who had ever come in for coffee and cinnamon. "The cinnamon buns are gone again." The glass case stood empty. A smear of vanilla glaze curled along its edge like a frozen question mark. "Then someone knows your mother's recipe." A tray of sourdough loaves rested between them, still warm. "I thought only you could make that glaze." "She's not the only one who loved this bakery." The little brass scale on the counter shifted, as though someone had just set down the weight of an old secret. Outside, fog pressed against the shop window, softening the street until the whole town looked like a page torn from a book. "Who was here before closing?" "No one." "You forgot to count the blueberry tarts again." The accusation lingered softly beneath the scent of butter and yeast. Somewhere upstairs, the floorboard sighed, and both women froze. "I never forget." "Then why does the pantry door have a new scratch?" A cinnamon bun sat perfectly hidden behind the flour sacks, warm enough to mean someone had just taken it. The almond extract smelled sharp and new, and entirely wrong.