"Heath, happy birthday!" Early that morning, Heath opened the door of his food truck, looking utterly bewildered. It was truly freezing out, cold enough to make his whole body feel uncomfortable. The howling wind even made him shiver as he opened the door, and he rubbed his arms, hoping to drive away some of the chill.
"...Good morning, Mr. Cord. You're certainly here early." Heath looked at Mr. Cord, unsure whether to laugh or cry. The howling wind and swirling snow instantly cleared his head a little. He yawned, then rubbed his hands together. It looked like business would be pretty good today, too.
After all, Heath's hot pot business always did well in cold weather, and his food truck had even been promoted by the show. His only worry now was that too many customers would come, leaving some of them waiting for a long time. Thinking of it that way, perhaps upgrading the restaurant would have been more worthwhile?
Still, Heath did not dwell on it too much. He had already upgraded the kitchen, after all. At worst, he could upgrade the restaurant the next time he received an upgrade blueprint.
In the early hours, Heath had enjoyed a unique birthday celebration with Zoroark and the others. They had kept making merry until past one before he could finally go to sleep, and he had slept soundly. But just as he was planning to sleep a little longer, he heard a knock at the door. Only when he came over did he discover it was Mr. Cord.
"Of course! If I hadn't thought you might have been asleep last night, I would actually have come over then." Mr. Cord chuckled and handed Heath a huge pile of presents. Heath hurriedly invited him inside and put all the presents