Chapter 7
Nicole pressed the lever down on the urn so that the coffee would flow into her styrofoam cup. After grabbing a wooden stirrer, she added a touch of creamer and rotated her hand several times using the stirrer until she was sure her cup was properly blended. She then took a long sip and smiled after swallowing, admiring the winter landscape outside the community center. She noticed the front lawn bore a sign for the Annual Christmas Cookie Competition. The entire town seemed to turn out for the event, so the sign nearly seemed unnecessary to Nicole, however she appreciated that it added to the holiday spirit with its wreath and red and green balloons.
“So what do you think, Nicole? Is the coffee up to your standards?” asked Bert Davison, the owner of the Rosewood Coffee Shoppe
