The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Above all, however, there was one problem Rita had to go through first-confronting her father's interrogation.

That evening, as she entered her family home and changed her shoes in the hallway, she noticed Donna shaking her head subtly at her.

"Your father isn't in a good mood," Donna remarked quietly.

Rita nodded. She knew that Donna cared about her and always had a knack for preemptively gauging the atmosphere. "Okay. Is there anything special for dinner tonight?" Rita attempted to lighten the mood with a smile.

"When have I ever failed to cook your favorite dish when you're here? If only you'd come back more frequently so my cooking skills wouldn't go to waste," Donna replied warmly.

Their hushed conversation unexpectedly caught the attention of someone else.

some nerve asking if she cooked something special for you? Don't you find that embarrassing?" Sadie's voice resonated from upstairs. She stood

talk to Donna. "I'll bring you over to my place when things go well for me at my job. Then you

happy to take care of you for the rest of your

I'd never set foot in the Russell household again," Sadie retorted sharply, refusing to det Rita off the hook so

respond to Sadie; her father's opinion was the only one that mattered to her. Aside from Donna's, of course. Everyone else's opinion did not

at Sadie's harsh words. "Miss Sadie, those are merely rumors. How can you take them at face value? In my opinion, you

think you are? You're just a servant.

the truth in Sadie's words. Though she was angry, she understood the dynamics of the household. Sadie and Karen did not treat the servants with care and consideration, unlike Rita's mother Taya who viewed everyone as part

more than people whose job was to serve them. Worse still servants were often subjected to disparaging remarks by the two of them, and they seemed to target