Chapter 59

Brian rolled his eyes. Jonathon made it sound like they were walking into Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory and he knew damned well that it couldn’t be further from the truth. “I’d love to,” Cassie said. Jonathon winked at him and then led them over to a door. They entered an airlock and he handed them plastic overalls, shower caps, gloves, booties to go over their shoes, and goggles for the eyes. He also handed Brian a special beard cover and Brian grimaced. Once they were all kitted out, they followed him into the processing room. Jonathon had started out hand-making his chocolates, but when the operation and demand got too big he had to switch to machines. They were all state of the art and more computer than machine, but Jonathon had insisted on only the best. These machines had proved to be the closest to hand-making as he could get. He still hand-made specialty lines and he had a whole staff of specially trained chocolatiers to do just that, but they were too expensive for most peo