Bette gave in that instant. She said, “the cake’s for my girlfriend. Tomorrow’s her birthday and already I’m starting off rather dry. Hopefully, with your good grace, and my quick thinking, maybe you could help me water the surface a bit.”

“are you flirting with me…Bette? Is this your way of getting what you want?” Iesha asked

“maybe…is it working?” Bette asked

“uh-huh” Iesha replied

“good, so why don’t you be a good and generous baker, and tell me when it’ll be a good time to come by, and pick that up?” Bette said

“come by tomorrow” Iesha said

“sorry no can do. I’m going to need that to be ready in 3 hours.” Bette replied

“sure, but what’s in it for me?” Iesha asked

I was prepared for every question but this one. I couldn’t think of one person around that could take Iesha off of my hands for a little while. Atleast she wouldn’t be thinking of me. I was beginning to feel hopeless until I thought of Alice. My dear cousin Alice. She was single and available. All I need was for Alice to spend one evening with her. I thought of how Alice might feel about hanging out with her. She’s probably going to be upset and bothered by my company for a couple of days. And I was willing to do the time for my petty crime.

So without thinking further I said, “you get a date with my cousin Sunday night. Her name’s Alice. She’s pretty with blond hair and brown eyes. Hey she’s about your height. Your able and available, and she’s able and available, so what do you think?” Bette asked

“deal” Iesha said. “Come by this evening about 8 p.m. The cake will be done by then” Iesha adds

Bette sighned with relief. One down and one more to go. Bette smiled and said, “thankyou…thankyou…thankyou. Girl you are a miracle worker”

“yeah…yeah. Hey, don’t forget about that date. I’m counting on you” Iesha said

“I got it covered. See ya soon…bye” Bette replied. The brunette ends the call

Finally I had accomplished something. Now I can go to that second thing on my list. The second thing was to go and retrieve my love a birthday gift. She’ll receive two of course-one from me and one from her daughter. The time is 4:45 p.m. which means I have approximately 6 hours and 16 minutes left. The clock is ticking.