Sweet Reward

“Estella, there is somethin’ weird goin’ with yer bank account,” Bianca announced as she peeked into the kitchen where her wife is busy baking.

“Oh?” Estella blinked in surprise, “What type of weird?”

“I think ya should come and see for yerself, Cupcake,” Bianca suggested as she quickly got back to the computer room.

“Coming, Bruiser,” Estella called as she quickly switched the stove off before she got to the computer room. Bianca was sitting on the chair as she stared at the computer screen.

“Alright, so what’s going on?” the pink nebulanian asked as she stood behind the green nebulanian.

“When last did ya check yer account?” Bianca asked as she turned around to face Estella.

“Why, I checked it last week,” Estella frowned, “Everything was fine back then.”

“Guess somethin’ happened to make it go all weird,” the bounty hunter mused as she clicked a few times on the mouse, “Check yer balance!”

“Oh! Oh! Are you serious? I never saw so many zeroes in my life!” the pastry chef gawked, “Wait if it’s a virus that makes you think you have so much money, but deletes everything the moment you draw anything?”

“…It could be…”

The computer made a loud twinkling sound.

“Oh, e-mail?” Estella pointed out, “Let’s check it out.”

“It could be a virus, so let’s be careful…”

“Yeah…”

Bianca quickly used the anti-virus to check the e-mail. When it showed negative for any viruses, she opened it.

“It’s for ya, Ella,” Bianca pointed out, “It’s from yer grandpa.”

“What? I have a grandpa? Figured neither of my parents would tell me I have one.”

“Do you want to sit?” Bianca offered as she got up from her seat and sat down on the spare sofa.

“Thanks,” Estella smiled as she caressed her cheek before she continued to read the e-mail. After a few minutes, she was finally done. She looked dazed.

“So, what did it say?”

“…Well, do you want the long version or short version?”

“Short version,”

“My grandpa is the father of my mom,” the pastry chef began, “He wanted to let me know that he had just found out from my sisters Opal and Karen Lee that I actually existed. Apparently, my mom never bothered to tell him about me.”

“At least that explained why he only gave all that money to help them go to the best university in the galaxy and even to help them start their fashion and cosmetic franchise and nothing to ya,” Bianca pointed out as she got up from her sofa to give Estella a comforting hug.

“He said that since I am his granddaughter, he decided to make up to me by also giving me the same amount of money he gave to each twin sister. But, there is a catch…”

“…I thought so…”

“I am not allowed to waste it,” Estella grinned from ear to ear, “That’s easy!”

“So, what all do ya think ya will do with that money?”

“First, I will upgrade Sweet Upper Crust so that we can finally have a proper coffee shop and for the bakery to be even bigger. I also want to hire more people to work for me!” Estella’s eyes sparkled with joy.

“That’s good.”

“Then I want to work on my dream of Sweet Upper Crust being a chain of bakeries and coffee shops all across the galaxy and maybe even beyond!” the pastry chef jumped up and joy in excitement, “I already have one other Sweet Upper Crust, so it wouldn’t be too difficult to do! I just have to work harder.”

The pink nebulanian wiped happy tears away from her eyes. Her dream is finally within her grasp!