The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Corinne looked around the yard. ‘This will be my last time standing here.’

The only person she could not really let go was Joey.

Soon, night came. After dinner, Corinne took her shower and was about to read a bedtime story to Joey when her phone rang. She picked up her phone and saw Jeremy’s name on the screen.

‘What’s up with him? Why is he calling me every day now?’ she wondered.

As much as she did not want to talk to him, Corinne forced herself to answer the phone as she did not want to make Jeremy suspicious.

“Have you slept?” asked Jeremy softly. It sounded like he had already moved on from what happened last night.

“What do you think? Would I have answered your phone if I was sleeping?” asked Corinne monotonously.

“I asked because I was afraid I’d woken you up,” said Jeremy darkly.

up, you wouldn’t have called at this hour!” said Corinne,

softly again, “I was busy, and this is the only hour I can call

little disgusted by his concern. She would rather not hear it, so she pressed the phone on Joey’s ear instead, saying, “Your daddy misses you, Joey. Why don’t you

“Dada!” shouted Joey happily.

Jeremy was speechless.

Hello? Hello…” repeated Joey when he

Jeremy sighed. “Hello, Joey.”

“Dada, come back. Joey misses

Joey, soon. You need to be a good boy while I’m

“Yes, Dada!”

your mommy

stunned. Then he looked down sadly. “No

to see her as his mother since she would