The Divine Secrets of the Whoopie Pie Sisters: The Complete Trilogy by Sarah Price & Whoopie Pie Pam Jarrell

Author:Sarah Price & Whoopie Pie Pam Jarrell [Price, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

Earlier That Day

Whoopie Pie Place

After being closed the previous day, there was much catching up to do. Leah, not able to sleep, had gotten up early and had been in the bakery a couple of hours before the others. The sisters weren’t their usual outspoken selves, each in their own world and not interacting unless necessary. A heavy veil seemed to shroud the bakery.

At the clanging of the bell, Leah knew that Sadie had unlocked the door and turned the sign to OPEN. Going to the front window, Leah recognized several people already walking up the front steps, women that were regulars at the store.

Reaching a hand up to smooth the back of her kapp, Leah greeted the first one with a cheerful, “Gut mariye Jenny! How are you this fine morning?”

“Gut mariye, Leah. I’m right as rain today, danke!” she replied, a bright smile upon her face. “Noticed you were closed yesterday, ja? Everything all right, then?” Jenny questioned, with a look of concern.

“We had some family matters to tend,” Leah responded, not wishing to divulge more details. Normally, she would have gladly shared the reason for closing with Jenny, but there were other customers starting to enter the bakery. Besides, Leah wasn’t ready to begin answering questions as of yet. Stepping aside to let Jenny through the door, she offered: “Would you like your usual whoopie pies this morning?”

“Ja, that will do me right nicely,” Jenny responded, glancing over her shoulder at the three Englische women who were already lingering around the store, deciding what to buy. “Busy already,” she pointed out to Leah. “Must be because you were closed, ja?”

Before Leah could respond, one of the other customers spoke up.

“Why were you closed yesterday?” the other woman said as she walked up to the counter, her black handbag slung over the crook of her arm. She reached up and brushed her grey hair off her forehead. “You know, I really needed a pie for a women’s meeting at church evening last!” With wide eyes, she stared at Leah, as if expecting an apology for the inconvenience. “I had to settle for one of those day-old pies from the local grocery store.”

“Oh Layuna,” her companion laughed. “I think you’d just about complain as well, even if everything was perfect!”

“Now, Julia, that’s just not true!” Layuna fought back. Though a head shorter than Julia, Layuna was definitely a force to be reckoned with and Leah held back her smile at the exchange.

“Oh fiddle faddle,” their third friend, Patti, scoffed teasingly. “You two would just about argue over the color of the sky! Is it blue or grey?”

These three Englische women had been regulars of the bakery for well over a year. While they didn’t come in weekly, Leah knew that they visited at least twice, if not three times a month. It was their friend, Esta Mae, who had brought them along with her last fall to buy some whoopie pies for a book club meeting they were having. In fact, Esta Mae almost always accompanied them.

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