The Cupcake Conspiracy by Sara Bourgeois

Author:Sara Bourgeois [Bourgeois, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-26T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Friday morning, Gracie woke me up first. Well, I'd thought she woke me up first. I discovered when I went into the guest room that Hannah didn't want to get out of bed. She begged me to let her sleep a little longer, so I told her I'd get her up when Gracie and I got back from our walk.

It was a chilly morning, but it was still beautiful. I let Gracie take her time sniffing various tufts of grass. When I was too cold to stay outside anymore, Gracie and I headed in.

Hannah had managed to haul herself out of bed by the time we got back. She'd made coffee and heated up two servings of leftover chicken casserole.

"I hope casserole is okay for breakfast,” she said. "It sounded really good to me. I hope you don't mind."

"I think it's a great idea. It smells delicious."

We ate our breakfast and drank our coffee while Hannah told me a story about something one of her girlfriends from school had done. Apparently there'd been some sort of minor explosion in the chemistry lab, but luckily no one was hurt.

"She can be really spacy," Hannah said. "She probably wasn't listening closely enough to the teacher's instructions."

"I bet she'll listen from now on," I replied.

"Yeah. I hope so."

"Sorry you missed out on the excitement,” I said.

"Oh, it's fine. I'd rather be here anyway. I'm sure I'll hear all about it and see lots of pictures when I get back. It will give my friends the chance to relive the drama,” she said with a chuckle.

After breakfast, Hannah took Gracie out for a quick walk. I did a quick spot cleaning of the kitchen while she was gone, and when she returned, we headed into the bakery.

We got to the shop, and I started baking in the back while Hannah handled getting the front of the store ready. The morning was uneventful until Camille came in.

She was on cloud nine smiling like a crazy person and humming. I even caught her dancing a few times. Finally, I had to ask.

"So, why are you so happy today?" I asked her when we were both in the back.

"I just think that Carl is the most romantic man ever. I'm so glad you convinced me to go out with him. Can you believe he had a dozen red roses delivered to me for Halloween? Isn't that so romantic?" Camille asked.

I kinda thought that a dozen red roses was an odd choice for Halloween, but it was a sweet gesture either way. There was no way I was going to burst her bubble. I was glad she'd finally found a man that made her happy.

"Wow, Camille, that is really sweet. He is such a great guy. I'm so happy for both of you,” I said.

She hugged me and then went dancing off back to the front of the store, singing some song I sort of recognized. Whether roses were a strange choice or not, Carl was far better to her than any other man she'd ever dated.

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