Mel blew out a sigh. “Then why are you here?”
“I have a proposition for you,” Ginny said.
Mel looked at her mother’s friend. The alarm bells in her head were ringing so loudly that it was hard for Mel to hear what Ginny said next, but she was pretty sure she heard the words “beauty pageant” and “cupcakes.”
“I’m sorry,” Mel said. “Could you repeat that?”
“This year is the seventy-fifth annual Sweet Tiara Beauty Pageant,” Ginny said. “I was Sweet Tiara 19—, well, it doesn’t really matter. As a former Miss Sweet Tiara, I promised to help with the event. So, Joyce and I were talking about you, it’s always about you,” Ginny paused to give her a bored look, “but then, I thought that since it’s called ‘Sweet’ Tiara, we should have a portion of the competition be devoted to having our contestants design cupcakes that you bake for them.”
“Brilliant!” Tate said. “Think of the exposure for the bakery.”
“Oh, hell no!” Mel stated. “Absolutely not.”
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SPRINKLE WITH MURDER
BUTTERCREAM BUMP OFF
RED VELVET REVENGE
GOING, GOING, GANACHE
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DUE OR DIE
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