Chapter 3 Macey returned home after a busy day at the flower shop and let Fluffy out to run around the front yard. Even though Independence Day wasn’t exactly a major holiday for flowers, there were a few orders coming in already, two weeks before the big day. There was also a wedding the next weekend that she’d just gotten an order for, which left her only about ten days. She usually wanted at least a month to prepare for a wedding, but since this one wasn’t too large of an affair, she thought she could handle it. Still, if the next few days were anything like this one, she’d need to ask some of her part-time help, the ladies who worked mostly on the weekend or around the major holidays, to come in and assist so she could be sure to get everything done without working herself to death. L

