The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

As the twins’ mother, Corinne was worried they would cry at being left at the kindergarten, which happened a few days ago.

The twins were crying when she went to pick them up, but on this day, they came out smiling instead.

“That’s wonderful. Since you two have been so good, you can each choose a balloon you like.”

“Yay!”

“I want the bunny!”

The twins skipped and hopped over to the old man selling the balloons. The old man kindly bent down so that it would be easier for them to choose which balloon they wanted.

Corinne felt relieved to see the twins getting used to their days at the kindergarten.

that moment, she noticed Joey did not go to pick his balloon. Instead, he stood alone with his

don’t want

with surprise. “I get

Why wouldn’t

up. “Thanks, Mommy!” he said, beaming at

selling the balloons. However, he stood waiting until the twins finished choosing their balloons before

was, Corinne could not help but frown with

then and would be going

innocence and became more sensitive. When he was still a toddler, he

difference in treatment between an adopted son and biological children.

kept to himself, and it always made her heart ache to see him like that. After all, she saw

behave like kids his age, like acting