The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Josephine’s mother backed away as the reporters kept advancing. Even though guilt was written all over her face, she
stubbornly insisted, “My... My daughter is the real straight-A student! She was admitted into the University of New Capital City on
her own merits, and Corinne stole all that away from her!”
The reporters were starting to feel resentful. They could not help but think they had been used by Josephine and her mother.
“If she is a straight-A student, how could she only get two points on the second test? You better give us a good explanation for
that!”
“Yeah! Give us a good explanation!”
“No one will ever believe a straight-A student only got two points on a test!”
“As I’ve said, my daughter was tired, so she couldn’t perform as normal. Plus, she has even been studying for the past few
years, so it’s not so strange for her to forget how to answer some questions, right?”
The reporters scoffed one after another.
“Not strange? You must be kidding us. It’s not just some questions she didn’t know how to answer, but all!”
“I don’t think she was a straight-A student back in high school at all! It’s obvious Miss Josephine and her mother are using us to
get the public on their side.”
“Give it up, Missus Clark! We now know Miss Corinne was the one telling the truth. I can’t believe we were all taken in by your
fake sob story!”
Josephine’s mother turned pale in her panic. She was no match to the reporters’ barrage of criticisms at all.
The comment section experienced a change in support, too.
[The truth has finally come out! The good always win!]
[Hey, where are all Josephine’s vapid fans? Why aren’t they saying anything now?]
[They must be too ashamed to say anything now.]
[Is this what you call a straight-A student? Someone who can’t answer the question just because the question has changed?]

[Fine. I admit I was wrong. But why would Josephine accuse Corinne of stealing her university spot if nothing like that ever
happened?]
[What are you trying to say? Don’t tell me you still don’t believe Corinne got into the University of New Capital City based on her
merits?]
[I just don’t understand why Josephine would do something like this.]
[Does a morally corrupt person need a reason to do bad things? If we understand the why behind their actions, that just shows
we’re not that far off from being morally corrupt also.]
[Argh! Josephine and her mother really know how to play the victim! I’m so angry at them for lying to us. Sorry, Corinne. For all
the mean things I said about you just now.]
[I was deceived by their sob story too! It never crossed my mind that they’re nothing but con artists. Ugh! They’re so evil for
playing with people’s hearts.]
[Didn’t I already tell y’all that Corinne is a real straight-A student? In fact, she was personally recruited by our university’s
principal. Pity y’all didn’t believe me then.]
[Man, Josephine’s mother sure is a stubborn one. Even now, she still insists her daughter is the real straight-A student. And
Josephine is no better. Look at how she’s keeping her head low and not speaking. The two of them should apologize to Corinne
in front of us!]
[Yeah! Apologize now! Apologize now! Apologize now!]
[I must say, Corinne has a very high EQ. She didn’t once lose her temper even when everyone was being mean to her and
accusing her of things she didn’t do. I respect her for that.]
[Now that I think of it, we must’ve mistaken her confidence and steadfastness as not taking the test seriously.]
[Can I say I’m about to change from being Corinne’s hater to a fan?]
[Get lost! Corinne doesn’t need a brainless person like you to be her fan!]