The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Melinda no longer wished to talk about Sophia with Lilin. “Let’s leave it at that, Lilin. Now go spend some time with Benjamin.”

Lilin shrugged and turned her head to look at Benjamin. He was busy playing with his toys on the other end of the sofa. “Benjamin’s changed a little, Mom.”

Melinda glanced at ‘Benjamin’ curiously and asked, “How so?”

Lilin tilted her head and said with frustration, “He used to be very quiet. He never talks, and he never smiles a lot either. He was a bit distant with me when we met today, but he became talkative later on.”

Melinda felt that her daughter might have been overthinking things.” Children are like that. They tend to open up once they get used to their surroundings.

Don’t read too much into it.”

feel that Benjamin looks like someone I know, someone I’ve met before.”

frown.

you see from those shows aren’t real, you know! Don’t dwell on it. We’ll have a nice family dinner later tonight, so in the meantime, you can play with Benjamin and keep him company.” “Okay,” Lilin answered as she walked toward Benjamin. ‘Family dinner? As if I’ll ever see Sophia as part of my family.’ When Lilin came to ‘Benjamin’, he asked for her assistance with the toy. He had struggled with it for a while because he could not

looked at the toy that ‘Benjamin’ handed to her, then at ‘Benjamin’ himself. She then took the parts and

difficult task, but ‘Benjamin’ simply lacked the strength to attach the

not interest Lilin much thought, so she stretched her waist before saying, “Be a good boy and play

answered. “The teachers at my school have lots of homework

to sympathize with her, so he carried his toy and went with

“I’ll keep you company!”

frowned. “Okay. But you’re not allowed to distract