The Nice List by Dee Lagasse EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Dee Lagasse
- Language: English
- Genre: Holiday Romance
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CLARA
THE FRONT DOOR chimes as it’s opened, immediately pulling me from
the chalkboard I’ve been doodling snowmen and gingerbread houses on for
the last twenty or so minutes.
Before I’ve had the chance to turn all the way around, I’m greeted with
a loud groan. The grumble of annoyance brings me just as much joy as my
beautiful chalkboard.
“It’s too soon, Clara Ivy.”
Dressed in a brown Carhartt vest with a navy flannel underneath, his
tan-colored everyday canvas work pants, a backwards baseball hat, and a
frown, my best friend is mid-eye roll as I reach the end of the counter he’s
standing at.
This long standing argument has been going on since we were eleven.
Fifteen years of the same back and forth. I look forward to it every single
year. As the self-proclaimed queen of all things holly and jolly, I love
Christmas. The only thing I love more is the satisfaction of getting under
Bennett’s skin. The pinched brows, the scowl… it’s a whole thing.
Granted, I sort of manage to do that in all the other months of the year
too, but there’s something extra hilarious about a human Grinch grumbling
about “the damn Christmas candy being out before we’ve had Thanksgiving
dinner.”
“Good morning to you, too, Bennett. What’s too soon?” I fake
confusion as he shakes his head.
It’s been less than twelve hours since the last costumed Trick or Treater
took a piece of candy from a big bowl of Halloween candy that sat on our
counter. Just yesterday, the cafe was filled with multiple decorative
cobwebs, a six-foot skeleton we affectionately named Larry, and a mini
patch of pumpkins. Our pastry case had single serving “Terror-Misus” and
Boston Scream Pies, Jack-O-Lantern cupcakes, and sugar cookies in the
shape of ghosts.
The drink special of the day was Witches’ Brew—a vanilla bean and
pumpkin latte. The desserts were sold out before lunch yesterday, which
made the decision to transition both our menu and decor right into the next
season an easy one.
As the girls and I pulled out boxes of garland last night, we knew it was
going to be a controversial month. We accepted that before the first
ornament was hung. I look around at the new decorations, and right on cue,
Bennett raises and waves his arm around in a circling motion.
“This! All of this!” He sighs and I can’t help but think if this were a
cartoon, puffs of smoke would come out of his nose and ears like some sort
of fire breathing dragon. “Come on. It’s not even Thanksgiving yet, Clara!”
There it is!
In my defense, this wasn’t just my doing. I’m only one-third of Ivy
House. We stayed open late last night, serving cookies to Trick or Treaters
and coffee and tea to their parents. Once eight o’clock came, we promptly
closed our doors as the mayor requested. At approximately 8:01, I pulled
the bottles of white wine and sparkling white grape juice I brought from
home out of the cooler and dragged the boxes marked Christmas
Decorations out of the storage area. Thankfully, Sara and Rachel, my
sisters-in-law and business partners, don’t share my best friend’s complete
and utter disdain for the holiday season.
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