A Soldier's Christmas by Barbara McMahon

Author:Barbara McMahon [McMahon, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: A Sweet Clean Christmas Romance Collection, Book One
Publisher: Barbara McMahon
Published: 2022-06-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Friday morning Fred had Joyce and Pam, two women who normally worked the weekends, in to work that day as well. He wanted Cassie and Amy totally free to decorate the cupcakes. Saturday morning, Cassie would decorate the wedding cake and go with Suzanne that evening to set it up and work with the caterer for the reception.

Pan after pan of cupcakes sat cooling on the work area set aside for the preparation.

Amy and Cassie set to work making flower after flower. As they finished a flower, they'd carefully frosted each cupcake and set a flower in the center. Christmas carols played softly in the background, drowning out some of the normal hustle and bustle of the kitchen.

Joyce and Pam carried the trays of baked goods to the front and waited on customers while the rest of them concentrated on the Bradford order.

Suzanne and Fred took extra care for the wedding cake, wanting it to be perfect.

Taking a break every half hour for a few moments was required to relax from the tension such focused concentration caused.

“I’ll be glad when this is over,” Amy said softly to Cassie when they resumed another batch of flowers.

“It’s great for the bottom line,” Cassie murmured back, “but hard on us.”

“There are few other families in town that would require such a huge order, so maybe more wedding cakes will come our way, but not so many cupcakes.”

It was after four when they finished the last cupcake. They’d been packaged in special containers to keep them from rubbing against each other. The plastic lids were dome shape to keep from touching the flowers. They were stacked and placed in the cooler.

“I’m beat,” Amy said, rolling her shoulders.

“My, too,” Cassie said. “I’ll be back in the morning to finish up the cake.”

“Thanks to you both we are going to be the talk of the town when everyone sees the cupcakes and the wedding cake. We couldn’t have done it without you two,” Suzanne said giving them a quick hug.

Cassie knew she wouldn’t see Josh that evening. The wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner were scheduled. She played with Mandy for a little while, glad to throw the ball in the snow and have the dog search for it. It was a welcome change of pace from the concentration she’d had to do to make each flower identical to the others.

Making it an early night, Cassie was asleep before nine after a nice soak in the tub.

Tomorrow would be a long day. After decorating the layers of the wedding cake, they had to pack everything in the delivery van, take it to the hotel ballroom where the reception was being held. There she and Suzanne would assemble the wedding cake and do the final decorations.

The wedding ceremony was at seven. The reception was expected to begin at eight o’clock and go until at least midnight, maybe longer.

Cassie hoped she didn’t have to stay to the very end. But they did have to pack up any of the bakery goods left and deliver them to the homeless shelter the next morning.

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