The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Francine blushed and replied awkwardly, “What do you mean by that? He was very diligent in tutoring me back then!”

Corinne neither explained nor rephrased her remark.

Chester did not seem to pay too much mind to that either. He grinned shyly and looked at the three little kids seated between the two girls. He sighed. “Time sure flies. The children are all grown up now.”

Corinne tilted her head and looked out at the passing streetscape through the car window. She murmured, “Yes. Time flies… Three years have passed in the blink of an eye…”

The city’s lush parks were the preferred destinations for spring outings and picnics. Many families brought their children here to play on weekends when the weather was perfect.

Corinne and Francine led the children ahead, while Chester followed behind and helped carry their belongings. After finding a suitable empty spot on the field, Francine pointed and said, “Let’s set up our spot here!”

Chester nodded. “Sure.”

two of them busied themselves by spreading out picnic blankets on the grass and arranging the food and drinks they had brought along. Francine took several photos of the food, beckoned the three children over so she could take pictures of them with the food, and

dearly, and Francine felt the same toward them

stayed out of the camera frame. He retreated a

asked softly, “You’ve fallen

nodded earnestly. “Honestly, I used to be biased against her. I thought she was uneducated and had the temper of a spoiled young brat. When you asked me to tutor her,

agreed with that observation. “Yes, she’s pretty naive, especially

not deny that Francine was not the most intellectually sharp

Corinne suddenly felt a chill run down her spine. It was almost as if a thorn was pricking her

familiar one. It was the same feeling she got whenever a certain

a beat, and she instinctively turned to look in the direction of the eerie sensation. She spotted