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.”

however, was convinced that things were not as simple as they seemed. “I just can’t help but feel that Benjamin looks like

remember,” Lilin answered with a frown.

patted her daughter’s head and teased, “You’ve just watched too much TV. All those unexplained things 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

focus. She looked at the toy that ‘Benjamin’ handed to her,

simply lacked the strength to attach the arm into

stretched her waist before saying, “Be

“The teachers at my

seemed to sympathize with her, so he

“I’ll keep you company!”

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