The Day I Kissed An Older Man

“No! Anya really loves you. She’s willing to do anything for you…”

Corinne got up to check on the situation outside.

Phoebe was kneeling to Jeremy with tears streaming down her cheeks, begging for Anya’s release.

Corinne narrowed her eyes. ‘Just how stupid can this old woman get? Does she really think Jeremy will help her after everything she and Anya did to him and me?’

Phoebe’s pleading did nothing to evoke Jeremy’s sympathy. He simply looked down at her with cold hatred. “Miss Phoebe, Anya has no one to blame but herself for where she ended up today. No one else can help her unless she repents for what she did.”

Realizing it was useless to beg Jeremy for help, Phoebe sobbed twice and wiped away her tears. “Well, if that’s how you want to play it, you can just give Joey back to me!”

“Give him back to you? Why should I when he’s legally my adopted son?” questioned Jeremy mockingly.

dusted off her clothes. “Mister Jeremy, have you forgotten that you and Anya agreed you’d only help her adopt the kid but bear no responsibility for taking care of him? In other words, you don’t have

about to be in peril

and I did talk about Joey’s custody when she emotionally manipulated me to adopt him. However, you’ve forgotten to consider one thing, and that’s the law. Since Anya is in jail right now,

she would be screwed if

know about raising a kid, Jeremy?

mind helping him raise Joey,” said Corinne as she strolled over

is never good to her stepchildren!” said Phoebe after she shook herself out

at all? If you and Miss Anya were good to him, he wouldn’t have clung to my husband as

and said between gritted teeth, “This

his crutches. “Why do you