The Day I Kissed An Older Man

The living room light was still on as Lucas sat on the sofa and sighed. He lit a cigarette and asked the servants to have an early night. He wanted to be alone for a while. Wisps of smoke rose from the burnt end of the cigarette, but Lucas only took a few puffs. He was lost in thought.

Suddenly, a strong light shone through the French window and into his eyes. It was the headlights of a car.

'Who'd come at this hour?' thought Lucas irritatedly as he saw the car stopping at the main gate.

When he flicked the cigarette ashes, his phone on the table rang. His eyes immediately lit up after glancing absent-mindedly at the caller ID.

He quickly picked up the phone and answered, "Hey, Corinne. What's wrong? What can I do for you?"

"Open the gate!" said Corinne from the other end.

an eyebrow. "Hold on a sec, I'll get someone

phone, he ran to the yard

gate was opened wide, Jeremy stepped on the gas and whizzed

car hurriedly and ran toward Lucas. "Where's

was puzzled. "She's still in prison, of course.

that she grabbed Lucas' collar and interrogated, "Don't you know she's out of prison? You were so close to her, but you're telling me that you have no idea where she is?!

Corinne so frantic before, so he figured something terrible must have happened. He put his hands on Corinne's shoulders to calm her down, then turned to Jeremy who had just gotten out of the car. "What happened? Why are you looking

has something to do with Anya-she got

shocked. He finally understood why Corinne lost her usual composure. "Corinne, how did you know that Anya got an early release? No one, not even I, heard