Chapter 27. Opening Up

Arya had a brain freeze so she shook her head when the ice cream man tried to give her another when the one she had having remained little.

 She glanced inside the mall where Damien was speaking with the sales assistant. She licked her ice cream, still feeling sulky that the thief was allowed to leave after she begged.

 Damien may be too nice for his own good, that lady would never have felt guilty if she wasn’t caught.

 “Are you worried about something, pretty lady?” it was the ice cream vendor. Arya looked up at home feeling shy. Did he call her pretty? Was she pretty?

 “Um… no. I’m just waiting for him.” She pointed at Damien, with a small smile. “Thanks for calling me pretty.” she felt the need to say. That was a hard compliment to come by.

 The ice cream vendor smiled back. “Aren’t you?” he walked back into his shop.

 His last words made Arya’s smile widen, when Damien came out, she put them away so he wouldn’t a