The Day I Kissed An Older Man

"He's a waste of oxygen. From the looks of it, he's probably done it countless times," Rita said. She had already grabbed a brick just in case the homeless man had not come to her aid. If he had not struck the drunkard on the back, it might have been his head that was in jeopardy.

When they relocated to another spot, Rita finally remarked, "Ah, so you can speak. I thought you'd keep quiet forever."

The man did not respond to Rita's jibe. He draped a thin blanket over himself and wrapped a torn cotton jacket around his neck.

"You haven't been through what I have," the man muttered.

what he had and was thus unable to understand the reasoning for his choices. However, she did not understand why he was so

rather than just remaining homeless on that soon-to-be-repurposed land. Rita frowned

to reporters, I lost my family too. Now let me ask you: if you were in

his aversion to reporters, but she did not expect that the profession itself had such a detrimental impact on his life. She frowned as

on behalf of the other reporters. Even though I'm still a newbie who has a lot to learn, I genuinely want to help you in overcoming your current situation. I also want to understand what

homeless man offered a bitter smile. "Me and my family, you say? I don't have a family now..t don't even know why still have this grudge when others have moved on. Perhaps I should've just left like everyone else. Then I won't have to face everything that happened after that. I was naive, and I thought that collective resistance would prevail. In the end, it was all

'them', are you referring to the developers? Did they force everyone to leave?" Rita's heart raced as she sensed she was approaching