Chapter 212: Kylie

Kylie went walking into the bakery with her mom, the yeast and sugar smell almost overwhelmingly powerful, but in the most pleasant way possible. If she could drown in delicious smells, she'd die a happy death here in the Muffin Man.

She looked around, spotting a few signs of the recent remodeling after the fire Adam had told her about. There were some ladders and paint cans scattered about, and a big plastic tarp that separated the back from the front. Kylie didn't personally know the owner, Gage – he'd moved back to Long Valley to take over his grandparents' bakery after she'd already left for college – but she'd heard all of the comments down at the vet clinic. He was rumored to be Long Valley's most eligible bachelor, and after the amount of drooling that the man inspired, Kylie was curious to see if he lived up to the hype.