Megan’s OSS Bakery was on Warren Street. On the wall behind the countertop and display cases was mounted a long piece of wood from an old barn wall; it was inscribed THE OH SO SWEET BAKERY. Raymond thought it was clever that Megan had used the OSS initials from his wartime years.
Raymond liked the tranquility of the bakery’s back room during winter. There were few city dwellers in town and on weekdays he had the room to himself. There was an old leather couch along the interior wall. He imagined that the heat of the ovens radiated through the wall, even though he knew the wall was thick and solid. The building had once been a bank. Across the room, on the outside wall, was a fireplace and to one side of it were french doors leading out to a patio and garden. There were tables on the patio
