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

and even started to hero-worship Brandon a bit, shamelessly shadowing him just

Yolanda’s initials on an emerald bracelet. Patricia had told him that engraving his name on the necklace would keep him

it was her life. Even though he was a boy at the time

held it high above her head, just out of reach Watching her get all flustered gave him a sense

bracelet in a heartbeat.

was too unique.

shot Brandon

way more chill. “I’m not

a good

its ugliness. Don remarked, glancing back at the phone screen, then at Brandon, “The age seems about right, and features well, not everyone grows up to be a spitting image of their younger self. Girls change a ton when they grow up, could totally

slowly.

raised an eyebrow,