“I’m already sold. I’d like to try some out in the store.” She pulled out a sheaf of papers from her back pocket. She dropped it on the table next to us.
“You just happened to have that on you?”
She shrugged. “I had a feeling.”
“Do you get those a lot?”
“Enough.” She nodded to Rylee, who was returning an armful of books to the book nook.
“What’s up?” Rylee Kramer, Macy’s second-in-command if that was such a thing, tucked a dark lock of hair around her ear. “Oh, hello there, ice cream of glory.”
“Our resident sweet freak should try some.”
“Don’t mind if I do.” Rylee tapped her lip as she looked over my offerings. Her gaze landed on the coffee. “Whatever that is, I want it.”
“Coffee Toffee.”
“You may want to rethink those names, but I am here for a taste.”
I scooped a serving into one of my taster cups and handed it to her with a little spoon. “I’ve been playing with some, but none have quite gelled.”
Rylee’s dark eyes rolled back in her head. “Yeah, you need to come up with some gimmicky thing. People love that stuff.” Rylee thumbed away a little bit of ice cream from the corner of her mouth. “And this is too good not to push.”
“Good.” Macy tucked into the dark chocolate flavor. “Because we’re going to be carrying it. You can help with the naming for the board.”
“I can, can I?” Rylee’s eyes sparkled. “Well, until you come up with something anyway.” She glanced at me with an excited smile.
“That is, if you’re amenable to those terms. A two-week trial.”
Amenable!?!
I managed not to scream it. I picked up the papers and looked them over slowly. The words were dancing on the page.
Get it together, girl.
Breathe.
Read.
Don’t freak out.
I blew out a breath. It seemed to be a standard contract and her cut was sizable, but considering I didn’t have a platform yet, her taking thirty percent wasn’t terrible. It was more than I’d made before. El zippo.
I signed the bottom of the contract. “You have yourself a deal for two weeks.”
“If it goes well, we can talk about your truck. I just bought the storefront next door, but I’m not going to be doing anything with it
quite yet. I’m mostly using it for the huge parking lot right now, but it would be a good spot to set up your truck if things work out.”
“Really?”
I struggled to drag my jaw off the floor. I’d been fighting with town hall on where I could possibly put the truck. They wouldn’t even let me pay for space in the park. Something about zoning and taxes and nineteen other roadblocks.
“Baby steps, Bob. We’ll figure it out after we see how this goes over.”
“Right. Thank you for the chance.”
“Your product stands for itself, Ivy. I’m making out the most on this deal. Now let’s see if you can keep up with the demand.”