CHAPTER FIFTY - TWO - THE RISE OF A GREAT RESTAURANT.

Isabella relaxed back on her seat and crossed her legs at the knee. " Could you please continue, how did the restaurant get to where it was now?" She asked, curious to hear. " I was twelve or thirteen when I overheard my mother crying one night, she kept muttering how nothing was going well and how she might have to close down the restaurant." Isabella was suddenly reminded of the nights that she had caught her mother crying at night also. Except it wasn't about a failing business. All the same, she understood how Sophia would have felt in that moment. " I decided I had to do something," Sophia continued. " I started by luring the few friends I had at school with a buy one get one free policy. Once they had a taste of my mum's food, those who could afford it didn't mind paying for the second that was supposed to be free..." Isabella could feel the excitement she must have felt then. The realization. Ah! I can actually help! " Those few friends brought more friends over. I m