Chapter 23
The older I get, the more I realize that my mama was right about everything. I just didn’t like her tone.
— Auden’s secret thoughts
AUDEN
Her alarm was going off for a solid minute and a half before I groaned and rolled over, my eye blinking open blearily.
“ Wake up, sunshine,” I grumbled grumpily.
She didn’t answer, so I poked her, and repeated my earlier statement.
“ Wake up, baby,” I urged.
She blinked one eye open and glared at me. “ Don’t tell me what to do.”
My lips twitched. “ You have to get up. It’s already past three.”
She jerkily threw herself to her back and said, “ Why did I think it was the best thing in the world to open a bakery?”
“ Because you love sharing your creations with the world.” I paused. “ Though , just sayin’, nobody said you had to open so fuckin’ early. You could do more of a noon thing.”
She reluctantly rolled out of bed, caught her phone, and walked out of the room with it still blaring.
My lips turned up into a smile as I laughed inwardly. Last night, I’d told her to go to bed, and she wouldn’t listen.
Maybe she would now…
I closed my eyes and immediately fell back asleep.
When next I woke, sunlight was streaming through my curtains, and there was a knocking at my door.
I got up, snagging a pair of sweatpants off the floor, and checked the clock beside the bed to make sure I wasn’t late for work.
I wasn’t.
It was barely past six in the morning.
I tried to clear the sleep from my eyes as I made my way to the front door and peeked out the peep hole.
I gritted my teeth when I saw who was standing on the other side.
Fuck .