“So you don’t wanna talk about what got you upset, huh?” Me and my stupid mouth. He gave me a narrow-eyed look, only to sigh and gesture toward the pastry shop next door. “What gave you that idea, young man whom I don’t know?” For that one, he only got silence from me, and I stifled a smile. “It was my nephew’s birthday last week,” he admitted, visibly uncomfortable, and fuck, now so was I. “We are, sadly, not on good terms, so it was upsetting to see the photos he uploaded from his birthday party.”
