The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Sherman nodded slightly to express his apology. "Mister Vince, can we talk somewhere else? I'd like to keep things between the two of us."

Karen interjected anxiously, "Mister Sherman, I don't think that's appropriate. I... I'm Rita's mother, and I believe I should have the right to know some things. I want to know when you and Rita got together. Since you two are together, why didn't you tell us? How can you be so irresponsi―?"

"Mom, can you please shut up? How can you assume they're together just because they were in the same room?" interjected Sadie heatedly. "Can you let Sherman finish speaking before you ask? Ugh, you can be so annoying sometimes!"

Sherman frowned subconsciously at Sadie's address, but what mattered then was explaining to Vince what had happened.

"That's enough. I'll ask him all the questions. You and Sadie wait here."

Vince strode ahead toward the end of the hotel corridor, with Sherman following closely behind.

course, anyone would be upset seeing their

been a misunderstanding,"

misunderstanding? How

even though I'm in a weaker position now, and my business is not making as much money as yours, nor is my family as wealthy as yours, I'm still her father! And as her father, if I feel like she has been wronged, I'll spare no effort to seek justice for her. Even if it means risking

just how much a father would be

he feared most was not being misunderstood, but Vince's refusal to believe him or seek justice for Rita if he told him Rita was the victim in all of this. Thus, he decided to

has been

I are innocent. She was fully clothed and lying on the

you because she was drugged and still unconscious when you arrived. I was about to take her

explain before your wife accused me. Mister Vince, you're a smart man, so I believe you can figure out what happened here. If you truly care about your daughter, I

not believe what he was hearing from Sherman. "So, you're saying you and my daughter are innocent and you have no feelings