The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Chapter 818

Joey was struggling too much, so Corinne had to put him down again." Okay, then. We'll stay here for a bit longer."

As soon as Joey's feet touched the floor, he immediately backed into the corner, squatted, and curled like a scared animal with his arms hugging his knees.

Corinne frowned at how pitiful he looked. "You do know I'm going to have to leave this room sooner or later, right? How long do you think you can hide in here then? What if you got hungry or thirsty? The people in this house will find you eventually."

Joey started trembling violently when he heard he was going to be found eventually. Seeing this, Corinne could not help but feel sorry for him. She was once like him, too-all alone and helpless.

Even though her mother entrusted her to Marvin, that good-for-nothing man was quick to send her off to live with his relative in the countryside as soon as the opportunity presented itself. She was a bona fide outsider in that house, and the only reason Marvin's relatives would take her in was because he promised he would send them money every month as payment for taking care of her.

them money twice, and ever since then, his relatives treated her even worse. They would not even allow her to eat at the same table as them. Word soon spread that she was a child nobody wanted, and the kids

used to it. It was not like anyone would do anything if the bullies beat her to death. This one time, the son of Marvin's relatives pushed her into the well as a prank, and for three days and three nights, no

the despair, and the sense of powerlessness were not something she would ever forget. She would still breakout in a cold sweat whenever she thought back to that time. No one came to look for her,

who had an interest in collecting folktales that saved her. He was passing by the well and even took photos of her stuck in the well so he could turn them over to the media for an expository article on current social

slammed by their neighbors and social media users alike, and that only made

so

bland, it was far better than

was very good to her. She taught her some self -defense skills and even borrowed money from the convent to send her off to school. It was only because of her that

high school, she secretly started her business with the scholarship money she got. When her business became successful, she gave Mother Cathrina back all the money she had given her