Chapter 22 – Gossip
1:30 PM, Tuesday, August 26th, 2014
Adornetto’s Italian Restaurant
“Mom, this is Hannah. She’s an apprentice pastry chef here. Hannah, this is my mother Faye Crane.”
Hannah Yoder put her hand out for my mother to take but, rather than shake it, mom held on to it as she looked her up and down. “Do I know you? You look very familiar.” Hannah blushed crimson.
“Mom!” I chastised her with my tone.
“What did I say?” she turned to me and then to Dana, her question lingering in her eyes.
“Don’t worry about it for now. We wanted to meet you here for a late lunch to maybe talk about Hannah doing the wedding cake...er...cakes.”
My mother turned back to the girl, “You do cakes dear?”
Hannah smiled and nodded, “Oh yes ma’am. They’re my favorite thing to do. We do a lot of t
