1.7 Atropa Belladonna

This is Jacob Black. Leave a message. Beep!

"Jake, where are you? I need to talk to you about something important; it´s about Alice´s proposal."

I hated when Jake wouldn´t answer his phone. It wasn´t often, so I instantly worried, I wasn´t concerned that he would be doing something wrong, like cheating, my mind only went the he-had-an-accident-or-got-mugged route.

I busied myself with dinner while, for the first time, I started considering what Alice was offering. She said I only had to provide the formulas, but there was a problem with that. I had a few concoctions that were basic, but I always experimented a little and not two products were the same. I guessed I could record what I did and select the best results. Where was the fun in that, though?

You wouldn´t be doing it for fun, Bella, I reminded myself. Well, where was the fun in that?

I was a class one hedonist, I literally couldn´t do anything that didn´t bring me pleasure; that´s why I selected my business so carefully. I loved reading and drinking coffee, so I put those together in a place, and voilá! I had a business that fed my belly and my heart.