The Fairy's Christmas Fairytale.

Chapter 3

Iridessa

Today I have been busy working in my office kitchen. Gizmo was declared an emotional support animal. Although under the Disability Act, they cannot be declared as such. Only dogs and small horses can be declared as service animals. And although Macaws lack public access rights as service animals, they are still able to perform some tasks. They can note when there are certain changes in your body.

With leaving home at such a young age because of my parents trying to force me into a marriage I didn't want, I developed anxiety and depression. But thanks to Gizmo, I dont have as much trouble with it now. He is such a smart bird. And he is always with me.

Like today, we have my playlist of music turned on as I'm working on a new recipe. He's sitting on his perch by the window and is singing and making me laugh. He loves to sing Shinedown, and it's awesome as hell to hear him singing.

As we're listening to music, I'm working on a new candy cane that is for adults. I've got the candy cane mixute cooking, and I added the booze into it. I decided to do a Pepermint Mocha flavored one. Since I was doing two flavors, I split the mixture in half. Then I added some Kahula into half the mixture and peppermint and vodka into the other half. And a few secret items as well. I was only making a small batch so that I could tweak the recipe as I went along.

When this batch was ready, I poured it out and then grabbed my gloves so that I could pull it after the colors were added to it. I decided to make them red and brown. Once the color was added, I pulled the red first and then the brown. When they were ready, I put them together and started making the candy canes.

First, I cut them into sticks and then went back and curved the top of them to make the candy cane. When they were finally done, I had about thirty canes. I left all but one of them on the pans that I had laid out so that they could cool down. The last one, I wanted to try to see how it tastes.

As I stuck the end of it in my mouth, Gizmo asked me, "How is it, Mom?" "It tastes really good, Giz. I think that I need to tweak a couple of things with it, but other than that, it's good. A new recipe to add to the others. Let me get everything in here cleaned up, and then we'll head to my office," I told him.

"Kay, mom," he said, and then went back to singing. I set about getting all of the dishes washed, dried, and then put away. By the time that I was done, the candy canes were cooled down. So I packaged them up and printed out a sampler sticker with the kind that it is on it, on put it on each one.

Then I set them in a basket and washed, dried, and put away the pans. Then I washed down all of the counters and made sure that everything was clean and put away. Before I headed to my office. I fixed myself a cup of cocoa and put what was left of my candy cane in it. Then I picked up my cup, the basket of candy canes, my phone, and went to get Gizmo.

After he hopped up on my shoulder, I shut the music off and headed to my office. On the way out the door, I shut the lights off and stepped out into the reception area. The kitchen had two doors to enter. One was through my office, and the other was in the reception area. I always keep that door locked, though.

"Hey, Lavender, I have a new candy cane for you to try. It's a peppermint mocha, and I have to say it's quite good. It's really good in cocoa. I need to tweak a few things with it, but it'll be a perfect addition to the shop. Try it and let me know what you think," I told her.

"Ohh, I like peppermint and mocha, so I bet those will be so good together. I cant wait to try it, I love all of the candy canes that you make. If you want, I'll take the usual ten down to the ones who usually try them. Along with the paper to fill out and pass them out. It'll have to wait a few minutes, though. I was just about to come talk to you. The front desk just called and said that a Mr Clausen is downstairs and would like a meeting with you. Apparently, he's the CEO of the chocolate company out of New York. I think that it's called Christmas Magic Sweets. I dont know why he is here. And he won't tell them downstairs why he's here either. He didn't even have the decency to call and schedule a meeting with you. He just showed up. Do you want me to tell them to tell him to leave?" she asked me.

Mr Clausen, hmm. That's a little too close to Claus for my comfort. Lavender wasn't just my secretary; she was also my cousin and knew who and what I actually am. She is Uncle Rowan's biological daughter. They had a fairy surrogate carry her for them.

I stood there thinking for a minute before I said, "No, go ahead and let him come up. His last name is a little too close to Claus for my liking. But I have to admit that I'm curious as to what the hell he wants. After he's up here, you can go ahead and pass the candy canes out. Oh, and Lavender, if anyone is with him, they wait downstairs. He's the only one allowed up here. He can take it or leave it."

She nodded that she understood, and I headed into my office. I didn't know who this guy was, and I didn't want to, but I was about to find out. So I went into my office, to my desk, and sat down. And got waited for him to get up here. Let's see what he wants.