At 5:30 in the afternoon, Bernard Taylor appeared in the Cake Shop, where Avery Graham was tidying up at the counter. She had been standing at the cashier counter all afternoon, and at this time, someone was coming to take over her shift.
Her Cake Shop operates until 9:30 p.m., so this was when the evening shift staff arrived, and a cake master in the back kitchen would work until 8:30 p.m.
Bernard Taylor walked straight to the cashier counter, "Pack two of every flavor of cake for me. You have a delivery service, right?"
Bernard Taylor was asking the shop assistant who had just taken over the shift, not Avery Graham.
"Yes, we do, sir," the shop assistant replied happily, knowing that completing this order would mean a sizable addition to her commission for the month.
"Good, then deliver to this address." Bernard Taylor pulled out a piece of notepaper, wrote down an address, then tore it off and handed it to the shop assistant, "How much? I'll pay in cash."
