Chapter 24

• “Shit. Shit-shit-shit.” I said the word over and over again as I made my way through the crowd, trying to spot Willa’s blonde hair among the people.
• But I couldn’t. The crowd at the counter was too thick, and between them and the people coming and going I could hardly move. It was more like being packed into a subway car at rush hour than any bakery I’d ever been to.
• Time passed, and I still couldn’t find Willa. I was getting desperate. I gently got the attention of a few of the people around me, asking them if they’d seen a little blonde girl anywhere. But not one of them had.