Baking Up Love by Simone Belarose

Author:Simone Belarose [Belarose, Simone]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-05T16:00:00+00:00

“You’ve got to be kidding me,” she said as we pulled up to the small parking lot outside the parlor. Clair pinched the bridge of her nose. “What is up with this town and puns?”

I got out of the car clutching my sides, reading the sign again. Scoopy-Doo Mystery Cream. Absolutely brilliant. I always loved Scooby-Doo as a kid, and the sign had its own little painting of the green Mystery Machine they used to solve all those ridiculous capers in.

By the time we got inside, I was still giggling like a little kid.

Behind the counter was a young woman, somewhere in her early twenties but I was also horrible with telling age so I could have been way off.

She greeted us with a cheery smile. Her bright red hair was cut short in a wavy bob that dusted her shoulders. She had dark blue eyes the color of deep seawater and a smile that spread from ear to ear. “Welcome to Scoopy-Doo! What can I get ya? Any flavors you want to try?”

With my arm around Claire’s waist, we walked deeper into the chilly room.

Each of the glass cases was frosted with ice and gave off a frigid chill that I absolutely loved. It’d been so long since I’d been in a proper ice cream parlor I’d almost forgotten what it was like.

The woman’s gaze lingered on me, and I felt Claire stiffen beside me. She suddenly snapped her fingers loudly and pointed. “I know who you are! You’re the baker guy on Main Street, right? A Game of Scones?”

“That’s me,” I said with a weak smile.

“That’s awesome!” She reached over the display to shake my hand. We had a friendly, if a little awkward, handshake. I got the surreal feeling like she thought I was some kind of celebrity but kept the thought to myself. I didn’t want to feed my ego by voicing it aloud. “You know, us folk who come up with punny names should stick together.”

I chuckled. “We really should form a club.” I nudged Claire forward a little. “And this is my girlfriend, Claire. I don’t know if you remember it but her dad used to own the closed bookstore next to my bakery, A Novel Place.”

The girl snorted and chortled, one hand covering her mouth. “Oh, that’s clever. I love books. The library here sucks. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Claire. I’m Alice.” They shook hands, somehow Claire made it seem professional and not the least bit awkward. “Both of you pick out a flavor you like and take it, it’s on the house.”

“That’s very kind of you Alice,” said Claire. She looked at all the options, then back at Alice.

Before Claire could ask, she hustled down the row of tubs in the glass display until she came to a deep green one with black bits crumbled in it. “I’m really proud of this one, it’s called Shrek’s Swamp. It’s mint ice cream with fudge swirl, brownie bits, and of course chocolate chunks.

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