The Day I Kissed An Older Man novel Chapter 1749

Corinne then bent down to lift Christine in her arms. "Have you heard any rumors about Joey in kindergarten recently?"

Christine was more observant than Bryan and often noticed many overlooked details. Curious at her mother's question, Christine asked, "How did you know about that?"

Corinne's guess was spot on. When she was watching the surveillance, she remembered Matt calling Joey a b*stard, as well as claiming that Joey was adopted. Matt also said that the entire kindergarten knew about it, which Corinne interpreted to mean that someone was spreading malicious rumors.

Meanwhile, Bryan and Christine were still unaware of Joey's recent altercation.

Corinne then asked, "I heard some nasty stuff being said about Joey, so I'd like to know if you heard the same thing that I heard. Tell me everything, Christine."

Christine glanced at Bryan, and the two of them were seemingly hesitant whether to disclose what they knew.

Corinne noticed Christine's reluctance and frowned. "Are you two hiding something from me? Is that why you won't tell me anything?"

Christine shook her head. "No, that's not it, Mommy. I… I'm just worried you'll be sad if we tell you about it."

Corinne did not even know who Joey's biological mother was or what kind of work she did, so it would be rather odd for someone else to have that information.

Her anger grew with every passing thought. She eventually asked Christine and Bryan, "Did you two try to comfort Joey after hearing about that?"

Christine exchanged glances with Bryan, and the two kids shook their heads.

Christine then explained, "It's not that we don't want to comfort him… He… He ignored us today! He acted as if he didn't hear us when we talked to him in the morning! Maybe he doesn't want to stay with us anymore. I think—"