The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Corinne then bent down to lift Christine in her arms. "Have you heard any rumors about Joey in kindergarten recently?"

Christine was more observant than Bryan and often noticed many overlooked details. Curious at her mother's question, Christine asked, "How did you know about that?"

Corinne's guess was spot on. When she was watching the surveillance, she remembered Matt calling Joey a b*stard, as well as claiming that Joey was adopted. Matt also said that the entire kindergarten knew about it, which Corinne interpreted to mean that someone was spreading malicious rumors.

Meanwhile, Bryan and Christine were still unaware of Joey's recent altercation.

Corinne then asked, "I heard some nasty stuff being said about Joey, so I'd like to know if you heard the same thing that I heard. Tell me everything, Christine."

glanced at Bryan, and the two of them were seemingly hesitant

"Are you two hiding something

not it, Mommy. I... I'm just

only be sad if

in the kindergarten have recently been saying that Joey isn't your child, but an abandoned child that nobody wanted. They said that his biological mother does dirty work and has a lot of diseases,

mood lately. Frustrated, she thought to herself, 'Those people are animals! Joey isn't my biological son, but

him he was her biological son. Joey, being the smart kid that he was, could tell that he looked different from his siblings. Furthermore, he had developed a heightened awareness

rumors circulating within kindergarten were surely harsh

work she did, so it would be rather odd for