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

even started to hero-worship Brandon a bit, shamelessly shadowing him just like Yolanda used to. So, he totally remembered that bracelet being

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 to Yolanda Since Yolanda was still little and he was worried about her getting choked by a

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 whooping

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

in a

was too unique.

Brandon

more chill.

hadn’t gotten a good look at

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

slowly. “My gut says

raised an eyebrow, “Gut

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