Chapter 8

[Alexander]

I remembered the donut vendor I had once witnessed her bickering with. I greeted the man and ordered a tray as an excuse to make small talk and perhaps find out if he knew the girl.

“I’ve always wanted to try these.” I smacked my lips together in pretense as I looked down at the mini donuts glazed in chocolate - I hated chocolate, “The last time I was here, I planned on coming over, but you were fighting with someone.”

“Oh,” the vendor rolled his eyes as he remembered what I was talking about, “It was barely a fight. That silly girl was just upset because of the chocolate coating. Said I should have asked first.”

I grinned with humor. So Valerie and I had something else in common. She was right too; he should have asked first.

“You like it?”

I took a bite of one donut, inwardly cringing as the taste of cocoa touched my tongue, and at the same time, I caught a whiff of a familiar scent. “Hmm! You haven’t seen her around, have you?”

“Oh! I have actually. She was just there by