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Homemade cookies. Good ones that are a bit crips on the edges with some texture and some chew. Surprise me on the type.
There would be lots of them, enough to share with my family.
They would be nestled in tissue paper such that once we had eaten them all and I was throwing the packaging away I would find one more hiding in three.
I would think “oh goody” and divide the last treat four ways so everyone could share in the surprise when they got home.
Then a bit later I would eat my quarter and save the rest for the family.
Then later I would reason that really only the kids need more cookies—Mamie and I have had plenty—so I’d go ahead and eat one more quarter.
Then I’d realize they are obviously quarters so it would not take a mathematical genius to deduce that I had eaten more than my share.
To avoid the appearance of selfishness I’d go ahead and eat the rest. Nobody needs to know. And anyway it was my package wasn’t it?
I would then feel foolish—I don’t even have the willpower to share a stupid cookie.
But it was a really good cookie.
And the package was for me.
😈