Pumpkin Bears by Sable Sylvan

Author:Sable Sylvan [Sylvan, Sable]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: www.sablesylvan.com
Published: 2019-03-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Pepper wasn’t sure if she was close to the finish line in terms of finalizing her gingerbread pumpkin pie recipe. At some points, she thought the pie was perfect. At other points, well…she felt that the pie could use some extra work. She wasn’t sure what to do. She had multiple versions of the recipe and couldn’t tell what was missing.

As Pepper waited for her most recent batch of pies to bake, she worked the front counter of the bakery…when in came a witch.

Curvy, with a black pointed hat and a dark green swampy wig and an emerald green dress with bell sleeves, the witch was a familiar face to Pepper.

“Hey, Jasmine,” said Pepper. “Having a ‘magical’ day?”

“Ha, ha, ha,” said Jasmine sarcastically, rolling her eyes. “I’m stuck working in town while you get to have all the fun up here!”

“Uh…I wouldn’t call my job fun,” said Pepper. “I love pumpkins, but…this pumpkin patch, well, it’s been a lot of hard work to run and set up. I’m heading back out there after my next batch of pies comes out of the oven.”

“At least you get to spend your time outdoors, in cute clothes, with two hunky bears,” whined Jasmine. “I have to wear this silly witch costume, and help with a haunted frikkin’ house!”

“I still can’t believe Patricia has you working down at the location in town — you’re a candles and bubble baths kinda gal! The only cauldrons you should be stirring are cauldrons of wax to make our birthday candles,” joked Pepper. “I’ll admit — having two handsome guys working near me…it’s nice, but also, well…can you keep a secret?”

“Of course not,” said Jasmine. “Dish.”

“The two guys out there…one of them’s Oliver, the one from Grizzlyfir, and the other one, from Hemlock, his name’s Peter,” explained Pepper. “Well…they kinda sorta have the same mate mark.”

“So they need to find a mate together,” said Jasmine, crossing her arms. “Let me guess — the mark, it’s a pie?”

“Worse — pumpkin,” groaned Pepper. “It’s totally about me. Not to sound self-centered, but…well, I think Fate’s made herself a regular at this here Bear Claw Bakery location.”

“Uh…can you keep a secret?” asked Jasmine,.

“Absolutely positively not,” said Pepper. “Don’t tell me, the two bears that are helping you out are — ”

“Definitely not supposed to be in a ménage with me for sure and it’s a mess,” said Jasmine. “Right now, that’s not the mess I’m worried about. I’m worried because people, well, they think our haunted house is really haunted!”

“Haunted? By what?” asked Pepper. “The ghost of your dignity?”

“Ha-ha,” said Jasmine. “No — The Butcher of Port Jameson. Maybe ‘haunted’ isn’t the right word. Maybe ‘cursed’ is better. People think that the house was occupied by a butcher that, well…let’s say he wasn’t using his tools to dice up chicken.”

“That makes the pumpkin patch’s ghost seem tame in comparison,” admitted Pepper.

“I knew that ghost was real,” said a voice. Pepper and Jasmine turned. There was a woman in a very loud pink and green uniform, curvy, like them, with a hand on her hip.

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