The Day I Kissed An Older Man

"We must proceed cautiously with our plans instead of expecting an overnight success!"

Karen merely nodded. "Just trust me. Alright, don't stay in my room too long, lest they really think I'm unwell. I'm sure that rat would be very happy then. You should go back to your room now. I'll update you if anything comes up."

Despite her concerns, Sadie was thus dismissed from her mother's room. She wanted to say more but found Rita leaning against the railing with her arms crossed and looking at her with great interest.

"Tsk tsk tsk. So there are things your mother doesn't want to tell you after all! But then again, you're just a child, so what help could you possibly be to her? If I were her, I wouldn't want to tell you either."

"Just what are you trying to say?" Sadie hated Rita's condescending attitude. She had much more than Rita, yet Rita always acted like she had everything. She was quite the performer.

pill to swallow, huh? If I were

speak in such a roundabout way? Or perhaps those are just empty threats, and you're

you do, I still don't

smile when mentioning her mother was not just

trying to please my mother when we first moved in here? Well, I don't mind helping

nodded cryptically. "Yes, when you two first moved in here, I thought she was a good person. Yet it turns out she has quite a vile heart. She only knows how to bully kids But it's okay. I've long passed the age of needing help. You, on the other hand, should

casually turned and left. She was trying to throw Sadie off. She had reached her aim as long as Sadie became suspicious of her

she returned to her room-where she was alone-she could not help but clutch her chest bitterly. She never felt like she