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Jenny hopped down fro frosting off her fingers "It’s cool We’ll sugar him up and send him back"

"Bud wouldn’t have called me in if it wasn’t a crisis" He looked around the shop "This looks fancy"

"Wedding cakes should be fancy" Jenny took Manuelito’s hand and led him to a stool He happily transferred his trust to her, a trait that was endearing to ht run off with if he wasn’t watched She lifted hirumpy dad pay for it"

Gavin looked a little out of place in his mechanic’s shirt, jeans, and heavy boots, surrounded by the shop’s delicate filigree decorations, spun sugar, and lace curtains Normally this was his afternoon off, and he’d planned to take Manuelito to a park while Jenny and I checked out the bakery We’d decided not to put off the wedding By co inco Rosa with the boy

He came up behind us and leaned overto his lips

He took in farthe full length I widenedbug-eyed at all the et used to us being all gross and kissy," Gavin said, grinning

"Have you talked to Rosa about his first overnight yet?"

"Not sure I’iven him "That’s a weird one"

"Yeah, it has cayenne No thanks"

Gavin shuddered "Oh, yeah, that’s really bad"

I handed hiulped for a second, his eyes traveling back to Manuelito, as about to snatch up one of the cakes "He’s going for it"

Jenny pushed it away "That one’s got spear I ht in a spongy cross section of cake

Manuelito looked up at her, confusion creasing his brow

"Vegetables," Jenny said

The boythe counter

"Yeah, he understood that," Jenny said She shoved at Gavin "Go, Daddy dearest, off to work We’ve got this"

"You girls picked a crazy place" He ruffled Manuelito’s hair "You be good for Corabelle, okay?"