The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 28

Brandon glanced at his phone screen and shrugged, “Beats me ”

“But this bracelet Don pointed at the bracelet in the girl’s hand, “Isn’t that the one you gave to Yolanda when you guys were kids?

He’d known Brandon since they were little tikes, so of course, he knew Yolanda too.

Back in the day, Brandon was always kind of a lone wolf because of his mom’s passing, always kept to himself. Only Yolanda, the good little girl that she was, liked to quietly stick by his side.

Back then, Don was clueless about the whole life and death gig and was at that impish age where he loved to butt heads with Brandon He’d blurt out whatever came to mind, no filter Seeing Yolanda glued to Brandon’s side, he and his buddies would crack jokes about them being an item, predicting she’d end up as Brandon’s bride someday. Little did he know what an item or bride even meant – he was just parroting stuff from the soap operas

Yolanda, bless her, she was thin-skinned Even though she didn’t quite get the meaning, she sensed it was something positive at her tender age and ended up with tears in her eyes. That was the first time Don got a taste of his own medicine – a good wallop from Brandon

shadowing him just like Yolanda used to. So, he totally remembered that bracelet being Brandon’s birthday

initials engraved on it. Later, when Brandon’s dad wanted to give him a birthday gift, the usually silent Brandon piped up with a request to pick his own. Naturally, his dad was over the moon and let him choose And what did Brandon pick? A bracelet modeled after his white jade necklace but with Yolanda’s initials on an emerald bracelet. Patricia had told him that engraving his name on the necklace would keep him safe and sound, so he wanted to pass on the same good vibes

Even though he was a boy at the time and couldn’t quite recall Yolanda’s face, that bracelet was etched in his memory. After all, it was tied to the second

Don would entertain himself by teasing Brandon’s little sidekick, Yolanda. At that age, teasing a girl meant yanking her hair or snatching her toys and pretending not to give them back. He accidentally pulled off Yolanda’s bracelet and held it high above her head, just out of reach Watching her get all flustered gave him a sense of pride, and he wanted to tease her even more He never saw it coming when Yolanda jumped up to grab it back, breaking the chain. Yolanda, not one to cry easily,

Don recognized that bracelet in a heartbeat. The memory was

was too unique.

shot Brandon a surprised

was way more

good look at it

phone screen, then at Brandon, “The age seems about right, and features well, not

shook his head slowly. “My gut says

raised an eyebrow, “Gut