The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Joey fell backward from the force of impact and immediately cried.

“You mutt! How dare you spy on me?!” roared Phoebe.

“I… I…not spying on you,” whimpered Joey.

He really was not spying on her. He wanted to go out to the living room but was not sure whether it was safe for him to do so. He thought he would observe the situation outside first.

Phoebe, who already thought of Joey as a nuisance, became even more irritated at him due to the anxiety and anger brought on by Anya’s arrest. Thus, she decided to use him as a punching bag.

She kicked him again. “This is all your fault! Nothing ever went right for Anya after she adopted you. We should’ve thrown you away the first chance we got!”

immediately curled up

kind of beating. Whenever Anya was upset, she would take it out on him. However, she would make sure to hit him on the parts of his body that would not be easily noticed should a bruise form. She was worried Lucas would find out what she had been doing to

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meant he would be spared from getting beaten up today. Alas,

is Grandma hitting me too? She’s so scary, just like Mommy… I want to leave this place… I want to go back to my own country. I’d

lifted him by the collar and slapped his face harshly. “Stop crying, you little jinx, or I’ll give you something to cry about! Don’t you know you’re the reason your mommy was arrested by the police? Ooh, I should just kill you right

and red. She

means she needs to find another man to marry, and this little jinx will just get in the way! I might as well get

heard the doorbell ringing. Only then did

after, and went to open the entrance door for Sunny

here!” she said, tears rolling down her face as she threw her arms around him. “Have you heard? Anya has been arrested, and it’s all Corinne’s fault! You must think of a way to