The Day I Kissed An Older Man

All the guests were all somewhat surprised. They had not expected Rita to smile and carry on with such ease and humor after experiencing such a situation. They could not help but feel that she truly lived up to the status of being a well-bred young lady of the Russells.

In contrast, Sadie was fuming in the background. 'Who does Rita think she is to steal the spotlight like this? What a shameless, despicable person! She had been accused of stealing Mom's bangle, yet she could still smile. This chick's mental resilience is remarkable.'

"Rita, are you trying to get away by changing the topic? You haven't given Mom an explanation yet," said Sadie.

It was no wonder the others thought Sadie was a less well-bred version of Rita.

The guests could not help but wonder if they needed to stick around and wait for them to resolve the matter. Even if Rita did break Karen's bangle, so what? What did it have to do with them?

They had shown enough face to the Russells by staying this long. Rita had graciously suggested they leave, yet Sadie decided to stir up trouble again.

"I think that's enough," said Camille, Rita's longtime friend. "So what if Rita, the prestigious scion of the Russell family, broke her father's mistress' bangle? It's not really that big of a deal."

wanted to speak up for Rita, but she had been constantly silenced by Rita. It was only then she

to clamor at her like an angry hen with its tail feathers on fire, disregarding

you are? How dare you speak like this?

she could retort,

eldest daughter of the Buckley family, and of course, I

been severed if it were not for

do is cause trouble for

daughter of the Buckley family? She could not imagine why Camille would be friends with someone like Rita, let alone step forward to

you have a daughter who brings in business for you but also a stepdaughter to speak up for you. Sigh! I'm pretty sure my family will

always

Camille. This