The Peacock 1414

"So, you two have already met", says Chuck. "Christopher, is that your name?, brought some friends into the bakery yesterday, and all of them but him got totally...baked", says Nicole with a dry little cackle. "I understand the cookies are great." "I wouldn't know", say I. "Well, later you will", says Nicole. "And you guys, where do you know each other from." "Long story", says Chuck, rescuing me. "We go back quite a number of years, then, just the other day, we saw each other on Pender Street, near the International Village Mall, and now it looks like Christopher and his friend Francois might be working with us." "Small world", says Cynthia. "And how do you two know each other", says Nicole. "i understand you're going to his place for lunch tody?"