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I want to devote every waking ency, but I made Alicia a pro on the back porch, coer sandwiches, and a table full of delicious options for her to try I figure getting into the wedding spirit o all out: picking fresh roses and getting Nana’s lacy tablecloths out of storage to decorate the old wrought iron tables

By the tiar-dusted, rose-tri, as I set down the final china plate

"Out here!"

Alicia steps outside and gasps "Oh !" She looks around at the decorations and food and claps her hands together with excitement "I can’t believe it, you didn’t have to do all this!"

I s the s total ruin, it doesn’ta chance, trusting the cake toshould be special too

"Come, sit!" I show her to the table "I went kind of overboard baking, so we have a lot to get through"

"What a shauess I’ll just have to rise to the occasion I invited a couple of friends over," she adds, taking a seat "Is that OK? I figured I could use soreat," I reply "Like I said, I one a little overboard"

"A little?" Another voice cosa royal wedding!"

"OK, now hs "I can’t wait to taste theet the first sarab the platter and soet back, Brit has joined Juliet and Alicia, and is popping the cork of a bottle of chahs, as the bubbly foa the perfect cake!"

"But we need to beon her lips "Test every kind thoroughly, and hs, then turns tolike a waitress, Noelle?" She pats the seat beside her "Come, sit down and have a drink"

I pause Whenaround to cater to her every whilass of chane and waves me over, so I set down the display platter and join theazing at the spread "What kind are they?"

"So first we have vanilla cake, with raspberry filling and a white chocolate frosting," I start, pointing to the pale cake with tiny pink petals I baked everything in et the full effect "Then there’s a chocolate cake, with salted caraanache And then this one is my Nana’s recipe: a lavender cake with le"