Page 142 of Friends Don't Kiss

Here you go: Fruit défendu déglacé au miel de châtaigner, présenté en éventail coquin, épices du Levant, soupçon de liqueur de péché brûlant, désir de caramel inassouvi, petit pichet de crème fermière.

Before signing with the cruise line, get a lawyer to look at it or they’ll screw you on which labor laws apply.

Stay cool

A.

I smile at her answer about the pie, which is a convoluted, ambitious description with more sexual innuendo than I ever thought was possible in an apple tart, and make note of the legal advice.

Then I move onto the next item on my to-do list: Alex’s wedding cake.

From: Kiara Smith

To: Alexandra Pierce

Subject: Wedding cake

Okay girl, no rush but here are some things they are doing now in France. Just wanted to throw options for you to think about.

Super long cakes in a rectangle that go the whole length of the table. You can vary the decor and/or the flavors throughout. It makes it less spectacular, but more fun, more convivial. It serves as both centerpiece decor and family-style service but in cake form. We’d make as many as the number of tables you have. Of course that’s for long tables, not round.

Another idea, if you’re going for a vertical piece, we can make tiny replicas, cupcake size for each of the guests so they can enjoy them while you’re doing whatever you need to do with your big ass cake. Photos, cutting, smearing on each other’s nose, etc.

For flavors, it’s really up to you. I’m partial to maple, doesn’t mean I can’t pull off the classics, or we can go more creative and think basil, lavender, thyme, chamomile… what are you thinking?

Your bitch Kiara

I start browsing through Echoes when Alex’s answer comes in.

From: Alexandra Pierce

To: Kiara Smith

Subject: Wedding cake

Isn’t that a little much for Emerald Creek? You’re going all Parisian on me. Thanks so much, though. I have thoughts, but I gotta run.

Your girl Alex

2:46 a.m.

From: Kiara Smith

To: Alexandra Pierce

Subject: or…

You know what would be super fun? A dessert food truck. Cotton candy. Pop cakes. Smores.

2:49 a.m.

From: Alexandra Pierce

To: Kiara Smith

Subject: or…

Shouldn’t you be sleeping?

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