The crowd at Monique's Bakery was slow too. I was left with my own thoughts which was not a good thing these days. Earlier, I had no problem in being alone. I loved to think about trivial things, but that was just one more thing Harper had an impact on.

Stephanie sneered at me as soon as I came in and I expected that. We maintained a distance of a few feet between us, which was way better than us trying to gouge each other's eyes out all the time.

The bell rang, signalling the arrival of a customer. The sound of the bell chime shook me out of my...