Chapter 20
Monday Morning, November 9th
Faye had been up most of the night fretting, despite her bravado to Mel. Come morning, she was in no shape to help out at the bakery and Hannah was swamped. I called on Rebecca Hershberger who was only too happy to take Jef for the day and then I jumped in to help Hannah.
I hadn’t bargained for it but I couldn’t have planned it better if I had actually planned it. The coffee klatch of the matriarchs began to gather shortly after I arrived for another informal Monday morning meeting. I was stocking a freshly iced batch of Mel’s personal favorite carrot cake cupcakes in the case when Selma and Bridget walked in.
“Hi ladies. Out for a stroll today?”
Bridget guffawed at that. “Sweetie, I don’t walk anywhere! Now tell me, what were those you were jus
