Celebration! Today was a child’s birthday. Which meant parties, and celebrations, and surprises and lastly cakes. It’s been in Keisha’s family tradition that babies don’t get cakes; neither do toddlers. It’d be too much high fructose corn syrup and sugar for their tiny bodies. It’d be like a squirrel on caffeine. Well anyways, her son Bu would get his first cake.
It didn’t take too long to pick it up from Carlo’s Bake Shop, a Reese’s wrapper styled cake. Chocolate and peanut butter. The family lived for Reese’s. And now Bu would enjoy his family’s greatest temptation. He stood high on a chair, over the table. The candles burned high, illuminating the dark enclosed room. His parents, brother and a couple aunts and uncles were gathered about. Their mouths watered with anticipation, the cake just looked so good. To Bu it seemed nothing else mattered. Like he’d better make his wish or at least close his eyes for a few fast moments before they took it upon themselves to cut it for him. Close eyes. 1 second… 3 seconds… 5 seconds… a cough… three more but not from Bu’s mouth. They were impatient. He picked up the knife, swung it around to instill some playful fear. A quick cut, no more time can be wasted for savoring as even Bu couldn’t suppress his new excitement. He didn’t even cut anyone else’s. he just started gobbling until his throat started getting tight. He stopped to finish chewing but soon realized there was no cake left in his mouth. Why was it so hard to breathe? Bu attempted to tap his aunt Roxanne but soon fell before her knees. She didn’t even notice at first as the cake filled her eyes. It must’ve been her peripheral or the fly she shooed away from her plate but she saw Bu on the floor. She called to him, “Bu? Bu honey get up and finish your cake”. Never one to rebel, Bu still lay on the floor. It was then auntie Roxy started getting exasperated. She got up and pinched his ear. He didn’t even flinch. Qualms filled the minds of those who witnessed. An apprehensive Keisha only dared approach her son. She soon found him barely breathing…
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