The Day I Kissed An Older Man

After hearing that, Melody also found it strange. "Unfortunately, Miss Thalia quickly deleted the photo. If I had kept it, you might have been able to tell if it was taken that day."

Beatrice patted the back of Melody's hand. "Melody, I know you've been feeling upset and keeping it to yourself. It must have been difficult without anyone to comfort you. You silly child, why didn't you tell me earlier? At least I could've told you what happened that day."

Once again, Melody was so touched by Beatrice's concern for her that she started crying.

When her parents mistreated her, she had never been comforted the same way. Whenever Wendy faced injustices at school, she would lock herself in her room as she got home. That was when their mother would gently knock on her door.

knock on the door and ask her what had happened. She reassured Wendy that she would never have to endure such mistreatment again with her and Ethan's

feel envious whenever she saw that happening. Their family had moved several times, and each time, their school changed too. Although Melody encountered mostly friendly people, there

to the seat assigned by the teacher and sat down, the girl behind her maliciously pulled out her chair, causing her to fall

Not a single person came to her aid, not even the teacher who had just escorted her in, who only looked on indifferently. Melody had no choice but to stand up silently, brush off the dust from her clothes and retrieve her own chair. Melody could have endured it if it had been just one person bullying her, knowing that she might

going to school, had turned into

had once mentioned at the dinner table that she wanted to transfer schools. Ethan immediately frowned while Helen slammed