ℝ𝕠𝕤𝕖 | 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐳 [Greenhouse Academy] ¹

Chapter 9: Cupcakes

Leo and I are still in the music room playing the guitar but, stop we hear sirens. Then I get a bling from my louie. I move to see what it is and look at a text from Brooke explaining to me that she followed Marcus and found the missing park ranger who tried to kill her but Alex saved her life.

Leo looks at me for a second before asking, "What is wrong?"

"Brooke was almost attacked by the missing park ranger", I tell him as I walk to the door not waiting for an answer, "I am going to check on her. See you at the clubhouse."

I rush to find Brooke at the Eagles clubhouse and spot her with Daniel. I awkwardly clear my throat before Brooke moves away and comes barreling into my arms crying. I give Daniel a questioning look as he shows me what happened on his louie before he waves goodbye.

I comfort Brooke telling her everything will be okay before I ask her, "Did you find out what Marcus was doing?"

Brooke hesitantly pulls away wiping her tears, "No."

I don't completely believe what she is saying is true but, I leave it at that since I haven't been completely honest with my family either before we say our farewells and go to sleep.

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The next morning I get up, shower, and wear a backless floral skater dress in Raven colors with heels. I let my hair cascade down my shoulders and put on my sunglasses to hold them back. I go to walk with Hayley and Leo.

"So, what's this harvest festival about?", Hayley asks Leo.

"It's one of the best traditions we have here. Every year on Halloween weekend, the Greenhouse hosts an open fair for the entire community of Santa Ynez.", Leo informs us as we walk to the fair.

"Welcome to the Harvest Fair", my father begins as we all clap before he continues, "With the money you're gonna collect today, 20 kids are gonna get to spend the summer at an amazing STEM summer camp program. And you're gonna do this by selling 200 delicious gourmet cupcakes."

"Bake sale? That's the best he could come up with?", Hayley told us with a smirk.

"But, Mr. Osmond, those scholarships are really expensive. You're gonna have to sell way more than 200 cupcakes to fund them", Max informed my dad.

"Maybe Louis baked them in gold", Parker jokes as we all laugh.

"I did not. And, Max, you're right, this camp costs a lot of money. But fortunately for us, we have an alumni who recently sold his startup to Apple, and has agreed to help us out. For every cupcake that you guys sell, our anonymous friend's gonna donate One thousand dollars!", my dad tells us as we all clap at the new information.

"Not bad for a bake sale", I whisper to Hayley matching her smirk

" Each time you sell a cupcake, you ring the bell at your booth and more cash will be injected into the sphere", my dad explained to us showing us a money globe.

"Even if we only sell 'em for a dollar?", Jackie asked my dad forming a plan.

"Theoretically, yes. But there's also a twist", my dad says as Hayley mocks his predictability,"Twist? No way."

"A good leader is also a creative marketer. You must be able to sell your ideas to the public. So that's why there's also going to be a competition between the two houses to see who can earn the most money selling the same number of cupcakes. The winner will get to choose the theme for the Greenhouse Halloween dance party. However, the losing team has the pleasure of cleaning up the mess by itself after the party. Good luck.", my dad says.