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"Brooke"

I can’t cancel There it is My decisionhow easily I can still end up ruining this wo? I justI can’t do that I will never do that to someone

Maybe she’ll be so deliriously happy on Saturday, she won’t notice my blunder in the corner of the reception hall?

I bite at my thumb nail and squint at the floor, the wall I force air into ht now and Dylan has to go against doctors’ orders and get up to call an a

"Brooke"

Turning my head at the sharp sound of my name, I focus on Dylan’s face and halt near theI lower my hand "Huh?"

She smiles hesitantly "Why don’t you do a practice run this weekend? The whole cake That way if you have any issues or difficulty with any of it, you can figure it out ahead of tiht upstairs if you have questions" She rolls her eyes, sighing "You know I’htens A practice run?

I can work on the cake until I get it right Until I get it perfect

"Really? Dylan, really?" I move around the bed and stop to stand beside it "You don’t mind if I stay and work on it after hours? And Sunday?"

"Not if you clean up your mess"

"I will!" My own excitement startlesagainst rab ed now"

Dylan laughs quietly, reaching for herquickly in my dark washed jeans and a print v-neck top, I pull my hair back into a haphazard bun and dart down the stairs, stowinginto the main bakery up front

I have so s first

Joey eyes ainst n binder on the shelf

"What are you doing?" he murmurs

I open the binder on top of the display case and flip to the special orders papere keep in the back flap

"I want to see what I’ested I practice it this weekend I want to be prepared"

"Wow, really? You’re actually going to lance up when I hear the disbelief in his voice, then fake glare at hi it up His spirited smile beairl"

Taking theheld out for him, Joey hands the woman behind the counter her purchase while I search for the order fore and exits the shop

"Here" I slide out the for up the dates and lay it out flat on the open page of the binder I drag er down the thin paper to the botto