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“Is this the only folder that you’ve got?”
“No. I have another one, but that’s discarded ideas. Cam wanted me to bring it just in case.”
Hugo turned to me. “Show me it.”
“This is the right folder!”
“I know, but Kellie is literally the only person my mother trusts to make our family’s cakes. Is there a chance Camilla mixed it up?”
“I guess.” I grabbed the stuff from the cab. “We can check if you’re absolutely sure Kellie should be doing it.”
“I think so.” He closed up the back of the truck and followed me over to the cottage.
I unlocked the door and he followed me in and through to the kitchen where I had the folders laid out.
“They’re different colours,” Hugo said, stating the complete bloody obvious. He looked at me. “Are you sure you have the right folder?”
“Yep. She told me the one with the flower was the old plans, and the plain pink one was the correct one.”
He looked at the flower, then opened it. “Christ, this thing is a mess.”
It resembled my brain, to be honest.
I put my stuff down and walked over, then flicked through it to the cake stuff. It really was a huge mess and mishmash of several different concepts, but the list of potential bakeries only had two on there, and neither of them said Kellie.
“See? That’s the bakery in Moorhaven, and that’s… I don’t know what that is.”
“It’s in Ebstone Cross, the nearest town to us. You’re right—Kellie isn’t in here. There’s no way Mum wouldn’t have mentioned that, so I’m not sure what’s happened.”
“I honestly don’t even think she spoke to your mum,” I admitted. “I think it all went through Nancy.”
“That explains it,” he muttered. “All right, we have to fix this.”
“We?”
“Yes, we. You don’t know Kellie, but you’re going to have to cancel that other order.”
“Maybe we wait until we’ve spoken to Kellie.”
“All right.” He pursed his lips. “Let’s go.”
CHAPTER NINE – HUGO
The Mother of All Attractions
I hoped she was right when she said her friend would be coming in two days, because Sophie had no idea what she was doing.
It was pretty clear that she was way out of her depth.
Still, it didn’t explain why there was no mention of Kellie on the books.
Sophie said she wanted to try and get hold of Camilla to see if that had been missed, so I was waiting out in my truck. I didn’t want to sit in her cosy little cottage for a second longer than necessary, but I was going to text my mum and ask about the cake.
ME: Is Kellie doing the cake for Grandma?
It only took her a moment to text back.
MUM: Yes. Isn’t Camilla calling her today? Why?
