The Day I Kissed An Older Man

“Must you be so rude and harsh? I guess you can never expect nice words from a despicable person.” Sadie crossed her arms and glanced condescendingly at Rita. She could not stand how Rita treated the marriage to the Parrs as elevating her to a higher social class.

Rita chuckled. “Only a bumpkin like you would think that way.”

Sadie’s expression then changed abruptly, for she detested being called a country bumpkin, especially by Rita.

“Who are you calling a bumpkin?”

“I’m merely stating the truth. You are a country bumpkin, aren’t you? Your entire being screams ‘village girl”.”

seethed. “You don’t know anything! I’m the most fashionable person in school. The girls in school take cues from me all the time when choosing which clothes to buy. You’re the ‘ village girl’ here! Just

observed Sadie’s agitation. “Then those girls must be all bumpkins too. Only

attires was effortlessly elevated because of her stature. Clad in some rather plain garments, Rita’s sophistication could

tell Dad and let him decide who’s in

victorious smirk played on Sadie’s lips as she imagined Rita being reprimanded by Vince. Rita was speechless, wondering what it was she did that gave Sadie the impression that

distinction that set her apart from Sadie. Vince’s scolding did not rattle her at all, but the same could not be said for Sadie. Unlike Rita, Sadie had to tread

did not have such a privilege. Besides, Rita did not think that Vince would side with another man’s

yet, but that