Chapter 28
Brandon nced 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 Ynda
when you guys were kids?
He’d known Brandon since they were little tikes, so of course, he knew Ynda too.
Back in the day, Brandon was always kind of a lone wolf because of his mom’s passing, always kept to
himself. Only Ynda, the good little girl that she was, liked to quietly stick by his side.
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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 Ynda 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
Ynda, 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
After that beatdown, Don got his act together and even started to hero-worship Brandon a bit,
shamelessly shadowing him just like Ynda used to. So, he totally remembered that bracelet being
Brandon’s birthday gift to Ynda
When eight-year old Brandon had his birthday, Patricia, eager to bond with him, had gifted him a top-
notch white jade. ne with his 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 ne but with Ynda’s initials on an emerald bracelet. Patricia had told him that engraving
his name on the ne would keep him safe and sound, so he wanted to pass on the same good
vibes to Ynda Since Ynda was still little and he was worried about her getting choked by a
ne in her sleep, he went with a bracelet design – but with a twist It was a convertible design that
could be worn as both a bracelet and a ne.
Although Don hadn’t witnessed the gifting moment, he knew about it and had seen Ynda treasuring
that bracelet like it was her life. Even though he was a boy at the time and couldn’t quite recall
Ynda’s face, that bracelet was etched in his memory. After all, it was tied to the second whooping he
ever got
When Brandon gave him the cold shoulder Don would entertain himself by teasing Brandon’s little
sidekick, Ynda. At that age, teasing a girl meant yanking her hair or snatching her toys and
pretending not to give them back. He identally pulled off Ynda’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 iting when Ynda jumped up to grab it back, breaking the
chain. Ynda, not one to cry easily, got teary-eyed again. And Don? He got his life’s second beating,
courtesy of Brandon.
So, even after all these years, Don recognized that bracelet in a heartbeat. The memory was too vivid,
and the design
was too unique.
He shot Brandon a surprised look
Brandon was way more chill. “I’m not sure
He hadn’t gotten a good look at it yet
“It looks super simr, one of a kind in its ugliness. Don remarked, ncing 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 be Ynda
Brandon shook his head slowly. “My gut says no.”
Don raised an eyebrow, “Gut feeling?”
“Ynda was never this loud”
He remembered little Ynda as always quiet and well behaved, not a chatterbox sensible and kind-
hearted, nothing like the brash and willful stranger from before.
If anyone’s temperament was closer, it’d be Sophia’s.
Sophia?
Brandon paused for a second.