The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Anya was fuming, so much so that she started to hyperventilate. Her shoulders rose and fell dramatically with each breath.
“Rosie, I know you hate Corinne, but how can you get her killed?” she spoke with reddened eyes. “This is a real, living, breathing
person we’re talking about! Not to mention, she was carrying a baby! Two lives, gone just like that—and it’s all because of you!”
Clutching her cheek, Rosie staggered backward. The pain she felt in her heart was a thousand times stronger than the burning
pain on her face. She looked at Anya incredulously.
‘Did she just openly accuse me of killing Corinne?’
“Anya, what...”
‘But why?! I thought she came to clear my name! Or is this another new method she had come up with to get people on her
side?’
Even then, Rosie had faith that Anya would never betray her. Hence, she tried to find all sorts of excuses for her.
However, Lucas immediately looked sharply at Anya when he heard what she said. “Anya, who did you say got Corinne killed
just now?”
Anya pretended to helplessly wipe away her tears. “R...Rosie got Corinne killed! That foolish girl lured Corinne to the alley,
where she knew it was the surveillance camera’s blind spot, so the outlaw she hired could run Corinne over with his car! I tried to
talk her out of it, Lucas! And she promised me she’d never do anything to hurt Corinne. She went back on her promise!”
‘Did Anya just expose me?!’ Rosie thought with shock.
“Anya, how... How could you do this to me?” she asked with wide-eyed disbelief. “I thought you were my best friend! I trusted
you!”
“Rosie, we’ve been best friends since we were young, so I’m willing to accept any flaws you might have. But this... This is just
too much! Don’t you know killing is wrong?”
Rosie was on the verge of having a nervous breakdown.
“But I did it for you, Anya! I did it so you can be with Jeremy again! How can you betray me at a time like this?” she said in quiet
desperation.

Anya took a deep breath as the tears kept falling down her cheeks.
“You did it for me? Rosie, I’ve told you a thousand times Jeremy and I can never go back to what we once were. That’s why I
keep talking you out of hurting Corinne. You can try to reason with her, but you shouldn’t hire someone to kill her! Have you
learned nothing from the time you were thrown into jail?”
It was at that moment all the things Corinne said to Rosie that afternoon came rushing back into her mind.
‘Anya is really good at pretending to be the innocent one... She always takes advantage of other people’s love for her to do her
bidding...’