CHAPTER 14 With Nick and Alisha’s wedding happening just around the corner, Mom and I were doing a mad dash to finish everything. This was a big client for my mother and she wanted to make sure everything was perfect. Not only did we have a huge wedding cake to make, she had a brunch to cater on the same day. It was an important week for her, and I wanted to support her as much as possible, but there was a big part of me that didn’t want to have anything to do with this wedding. I’d been tempted to tell her that I couldn’t help her out with this one, but I knew she would come apart if I told her that. I was her right-hand man, and I couldn’t bail on her. Not with the wedding just days away. Mom put me in charge of sugar flowers, which took a lot of time to create. Alisha wanted a lot of

