When I made it back to SkinnyCakes, Tara, Charlie, and Carrie were already waiting for me. I hugged them all. “I can’t tell you guys how much this means to me. Are you sure you can be away?”
“Mom was fine with it. Don’t stress.”
“Drew and Xander are out on a job so I was alone in the office anyway.”
“Kendall is already there. She didn’t have school today and was happy to get a few extra hours in. Addi is going to come too. Sam and Brady have a shift tomorrow, but she didn’t think she’d be much help baking.”
“You guys are amazing,” I gushed, tears filling my eyes. “I never thought I’d get everything done.”
“We’ll take care of it. If we have to work all night, we will. Let’s go get started,” Carrie said.
I nodded and unlocked the front door. Then froze.
“What’s that noise?” Tara whisp
