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After the wild success of the sugar-filled, child-focused, Christmas Cupcake Decorating Extravaganza, Zeke was unstoppable. His plans for the Holiday Poetry Reading expanded to include hiring a local teenage girl who was one of the best cellists in the state as extra entertainment. In addition to selling coffee and snacks, he decided to offer free wine to the adults, figuring this would loosen them up to read poetry as well as make purchases.
"As long as you don't let them leave with it," Charlie, one of the two deputies Pitkin Point paid to patrol their quiet town, instructed him.
Charlie was just a few years older than Zeke and Jamie. They'd all gone to school together. Abigail had gone to school with Diego, the other deputy. He'd been a few years behind her.
The two deputies perfe
