The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

“I’ve told you a thousand times that I’m not a kid anymore!” warned Sunny.

Corinne did not take what he said to heart. She simply said, “I’m going to finish all the steak if you don’t want to eat them.”

“I do want to eat them!” said Sunny arrogantly with a lift of his chin before grabbing some steak off the grill. He did not have many opportunities to eat barbecue since he did not have the money to.

Lucas feared that Sunny would pick up bad habits if he gave him lots of pocket money, and he would not allow him to eat fast food either. Thus, Sunny would either eat at the school cafeteria or at home.

It was only when Sunny got together with Xante that he got to eat outside. Frankly, he did feel ashamed that Xante had to pay for all of their dates. Thus, he vowed to make it up to her once he got a job.

Corinne went up to her room to take a shower after she finished her dinner. Even though they had the air-conditioner on in the dining room, the heat from the tabletop grill still caused her to sweat a little.

scrolled through her phone with one hand while drying her hair with a towel with the other. It had been two hours since she wired the money to Jeremy, but

him to remind him to accept the money. She wanted to block him after he received the money since there would be no point for them to keep in contact

not accept the money,

remind him again tomorrow if he doesn’t want to accept it

been delivered to Corinne’s room. It was resting against the wall, waiting to be put up. Fragmented memories

wonder where Mom is and how she’s doing… Why didn’t she come find me if she’s alive?’ thought Corinne. She was only a few years old when she was separated from Emily, and fast forward to then, she was

touched her belly, and her expression softened. ‘Soon I’ll

her trance and picked up her phone—it was Annie

when Annie canceled the call. ‘This is weird… Did something happen to her?’ wondered

definitely going on!’ thought Corinne with a frown. She called her

texted