Flash Nano 27 - The Stolen Cupcake

Flash Nano 27 The Stolen Cupcake

Based on a true story

Diana, age 13, knew the second she opened the door that Dar, her grandmother, had been baking. She and her eight.year old brother Jeffy lived with Dar, who ran the house while her single mom worked.

Leaving her books and coat in the hall, she checked the kitchen.

Yup, she was right.

Twelve vanilla cupcakes were cooling on a rack. On the stove was a warm hot chocolate sauce. The dessert was Aunt Leah’s recipe and of all the good things Dar made, this was the family favorite.

All four of them had their own way of eating their allotted three cupcakes of the culinary treasure. That night they each had a cupcake for dessert. 

Her mother took her last two cupcakes to work along with her sandwich and a container of the sauce to warm in the company microwave. 

No one knew how Dar ate hers. They were just gone.

Diana ate her remaining two the next day. Jeffy rationed his to one a day.

Diana came home to a quiet house. Her mother was at work, Dar was reading in the living room, and Jeffy was in the yard playing with his buddies, Carl and Stevie.

In the kitchen she saw Jeffy's last cupcake sitting on a plate. Opening the fridge, she removed the small bowl of remaining chocolate sauce and microwaved it.

She had taken the first bite when Jeffy appeared. “Stop!”

Diana smirked and took another bite.

Jeffy ran screaming to the living room. “Stop her, Dar! Stop Diana! She’s eating my cupcake! Come quick!”

Dar stood up. “Your sister wouldn’t do that.”

“Quick! It'll be gone!” He was screaming, waving his hands, stamping his feet.

“Calm down, Jeffy.”

Jeffy grabbed Dar’s hand to lead her to the kitchen, but Dar sat down. Jeffy  grabbed Dar's hand again and bit it. 

When Dar went to the kitchen to wash her hand, Diana had the cupcake plate, the chocolate sauce bowl washed and put away and was in her room starting her homework.

The Case of the Stolen Cupcake went into the family history to be retold when cupcakes were once again made, but only years later after Diana confessed. Jeffy never forgave his sister, but apologized for biting his grandmother.