Corinne's anger was directly proportional to her calmness. The lack of visible anger was much more terrifying than if she were to scold them directly.
After telling 'Bryan' and Christine to come with her, Corinne turned and walked out.
'Bryan' and Christine looked at Francine, silently requesting her to intercede for them.
Francine could tell that Corinne was genuinely infuriated, so she decided not to interfere with Corinne taking disciplinary action against the children. She shrugged helplessly at the two kids and said, "I can't help you anymore now that your Mommy knows what happened. Now you'll have to face the consequences of your actions."
'Bryan' and Christine were disheartened; Francine seemed to have left them to be sent to their doom! There was nothing they could do except follow their mother out of their aunt's room.
Corinne brought the three children back to her bedroom. She sat on the sofa and looked frustratedly at the kids. Then, she patted the seat next to her and said to Joey, "Come here. You're not involved in all this."
Joey looked at his younger siblings. He felt distressed and helpless as he went over to take his seat.
Corinne looked at Bryan and Christine. "Why were you fighting?"
The two kids kept their lips tightly sealed. Neither offered an explanation.
Corinne then raised an eyebrow and said, "Still not talking?"
'Bryan' pursed his lips, but Corinne's gaze piled the pressure on him. Thus, he was the first to speak up. "I fought back because she hit me."
Christine shook her head. "He stepped on my doll on purpose! I was just trying to push him away."
'Bryan' then said, "I didn’t do it on purpose, but you pushed me anyway!"
Christine responded, "Whatever! You can't step on my doll!"
The argument started again.
Christine glared at 'Bryan' before looking back at Corinne. "I don't think I was wrong!"
Corinne's frown became even sterner when she saw how stubborn her daughter was. "Am I right to understand that you don't think you were wrong even though you scratched your brother's face?"
Christine raised her head defiantly. "He's not my brother!"
Corinne and Joey were both stunned to hear that.
'Bryan' blinked awkwardly and deliberately avoided everyone's gaze.
Corinne narrowed her eyes and looked closely at Bryan, but she was unable to detect anything unusual with him.
She then turned her attention back to Christine. "Why do you say that he's not your brother? You were born on the same day, you grew up together, and you've spent most of your time together since the day you were both born. Why would you suddenly refuse to accept him as your brother?"
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Day I Kissed An Older Man
This book is a good book, but it’s too short. I hope it has a part two👍🏾...
This book is getting boring now. I loved Jeremy, Corinne, Sonny and Lucas. The story needs to end. or bring back more of Jeremy, etc....
I haven't skipped any chapter at all. Though the story is good, it keeps going back to base one. I think this has no ending at all and somehow after reading more than 2500 chapters it's kinda tiring already. They have drained all the thrills....
Great writing! I almost cried when Helen hit Melody! So sad! 😭 can’t wait to see how the relationship with her and Lucas develops though. So tired of the repetitive problems with different people....
Yikes my body tenses so much, my moods change as the scenes change. It leaves me wanting to continue reading....
my heart breaks for melody, so many ups and downs, i shed a few tears when lucas walked by melody carrying thalia, and melody stayed quiet while watching them leave. i find myself getting into character as if im one. i dont remember ever feeling like that in any other books. im thankful the 10 chapters/day. waiting for the next 10...
We have updated progress from 7 chapters/day to 10 chapters/day.<3...
i love grandma Beatrice, there needs to me more people like her in the world straight forward and to the point, no beating around the bush and worrying about offending anyone, why pretend to be someone your not....
looking forward to more chapters, The same thing is happening to Melody as what happened to Luna, if Luna was back maybe she would set Lucas straight, can't wait to see how Lucas handles the situations that will arrive. Poor Melody....
ya Lucas pay more attention to Melody lets see what happens waiting for more chapters thanks...