Christmas Cookie by Sophie Kaye

Author:Sophie Kaye [Kaye, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter five

Hailey

The following morning Hailey was determined to make the best of the situation. She had overreacted at the delayed launch. It was just a few days and it couldn't be helped. She took a deep, cold breath and opened the door to the bakery.

“You're here early,” she said to Sam.

“I feel bad I won't be able to get you up and running before Christmas so I figured I'd try to get as much work as possible done today.”

Hailey smiled. “I'll be in the kitchen. I need to clean the ovens today so I have time to try them out.” Hailey held up a box of ingredients and thermometers.

“Aren't ovens pretty self explanatory?”

Hailey cocked her head.

“I mean if an oven works, it works right?” Sam said.

“In theory. But ovens sometimes deviate from the temperature or have spots that are hotter or colder.”

“Oh.” He looked at the board he was sawing. “So what are you going to make?”

“I'm making my Christmas cookies. I promised Myra I'd bake them for the pageant. And it's a good way to test the ovens.”

“Nice.”

“But first I have to get them clean.”

Hailey took her box into the kitchen. In a way it would be like launching on Christmas Eve. Everyone would be trying her cookies at the pageant.

The ovens were in good shape. They were fairly new and had been taken care of. She scrubbed away the dust and grime that had settled while they hadn't been in use and was almost ready to fire them up in the afternoon when the bell on the door tinkled from the front. Sam's deep voice mingled with a lighter one for a moment before the door to the kitchen opened.

“He's really getting along out there,” Jessica said as the door swung shut. “Is it true you won't be able to open before Christmas?”

Hailey put down the rag and used her arm to wipe sweat off her brow.

“It's not a big deal.” She smiled. “How's the town hall looking?”

“Dreadful.” Jessica jumped up to sit on the workbench.

“I'm so sorry. It must mean a lot of extra work for you.” Hailey took off the gloves she had been wearing.

“That's why I'm here, actually. I could use your help.” Jessica peered into the box of ingredients.

“What do you need?”

“It turns out, most of the costumes got ruined. Something about a fabric not holding color, and stuff shrinking or ballooning up. I'm not sure. But Amanda called, and she needs help.”

“I'm not very good at sewing.” Hailey tried to remember the last time she had been by a sewing machine, it must have been while she still lived with her parents.

“She'll teach you. Can you come? I'm getting a bit desperate. Lots of people have offered to help out but there's so much to do.” There was a hint of worry in Jessica's voice.

“How could I say no.” Hailey smiled at her while sighing internally. Looked like any chance of opening before Christmas was flying out the window.

Jessica squealed and jumped down. “Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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