13: Not Meant To Be

The next morning, Katherine still couldn't believe that the children made almost fifteen hundred dollars. She checked it over and over in her head. She made them 240 strawberry-filled cupcakes and 240 lemon squares. That's a total of 480 cupcakes, so if they had sold them at $20 per dozen, they should have made $800, not $1480.

“Tell me again how you two made so much money?” Katherine asked while she sipped on her camomile tea.

“Mom, we already told you, we're business people, and we know how to make deals,” Nathan beamed.

“Don't worry, Katherine. The children sold them fair and square. We met a nice man who bought the remaining cupcakes for twice their value,” Miss Polly added as she placed a plate of scrambled eggs and toast in front of Katherine.

“Yeah Mom, don't worry, we didn't steal it if that's what you're thinking.” Nola grinned.

“Oh honey, I would never think that of you,” Katherine sighed. She was still on edge about the impending bad review from her disgruntled cus