"Vince! Have you seen this news?" Karen burst into Vince's office and was visibly distressed.
Vince glanced up from the document he was reading. "What's with you today? Can't you see I'm busy? How many times must I remind you to act with grace and composure? You're the Russells' missus now. You cannot act like you did in the past."
Karen clutched her chest in agitation. "You can't expect me to stay calm after reading this news. I rushed here the moment I saw this! Here, see for yourself!"
"What could possibly make you so—" Vince initially gave the news a casual glance, but his expression soon soured as he digested the headline and the accompanying photo.
"This is preposterous!" he exclaimed, slamming his hand on the solid wood table.
Karen flinched at first, but she immediately grabbed his hand and inspected it to make sure he did not hurt himself. She soon found that it was entirely red. "You can get angry, but don't hurt yourself by accident because of that anger," she implored.
"When did this happen?" Vince's face turned ashen as he glanced unhappily at Karen.
"I have no idea when your precious daughter landed herself in this mess," Karen replied. "I wouldn't have known about it at all if Sadie hadn't handed me the newspaper."
Karen seethed with frustration when she saw that his concern over Rita never seemed to wane in favor of Sadie.
"I share the same view as you do, but do you think other people will think that way too? We believe in Rita's innocence because we're her parents, but other people might not share the same view as us. I know you're angry, and I know you want to take the writer of that news article to task, but we need to consider this from the perspective of Rita's future.
"No one knows about this so far, but it won't be long before they do. What will they think of us then? How are we supposed to introduce future suitors to her? Are we going to just let her be single for the rest of her life?"
Karen's words brought Vince to a somber realization. "Then what do you suggest we do? We can't let Rita face all this."
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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...