The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Chapter 1861

The voice frightened Joey, who turned to see who it was. He saw a man sitting next to the firewood, staring at him with a weird smile that unnerved him.

It took Joey a couple of minutes to shake himself out of his shock. Finally, he remembered who the man was. "You... You’re the balloon seller!"

Joey recognized the man as he was quite distinguishable-a shaggy- looking man in his forties, with an unshaven beard and slovenly clothes. He also remembered that he had talked to him several times at the backdoor of their garden.

"Oh, you remember me? Clever boy! Too bad I don’t have any balloons to give you now," said the man.

Joey felt his danger senses tingling. He huddled in a corner of the dog cage and asked, "Why... Why did you bring me here? What do you want?"

said," Don't be scared! I'm not going to

me at home, not at

mysteriously. "I tell you no lies, boy. You'll know I'm telling

He thought, 'Maybe Mommy really did ask him to bring me here? But why? This place is scary. No one would want to come here! And why lock

that was going on in his head, he

the grass at the entrance was pushed open, the woman who

doing here?!' Joey could not believe

held her arm, but the woman

doing? Buzz off.

Instead, he smiled and cooed, "Miss Anya, I brought the kid as promised. You know, I almost got caught trying to abduct him for you! So don't

worry, you'll get what's yours. Now scram! Guard the entrance in