Side Chick Era... Over

Chapter 7

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Kelly froze. For a second, she wondered if she’d misheard.

“…What?”

Theo repeated the question, his tone serious.

“Ms. Walt, are you a mistress?”

She hadn’t expected that—hadn’t even come close.

The word “mistress” was loaded, sharp, and deeply wounding–especially for a woman.

Her expression went stiff, and for a long moment, she couldn’t respond.

“Theo. Do you even know what you’re saying? Where did all your manners go?” Carter’s voice came low and cold, displeasure laced through every word.

Snapping back to herself, Kelly quickly tried to smooth things over

“Carter, don’t be angry. He’s just a child. He doesn’t know any better.”

She paused, a trace of sorrow in her voice.

I know… Sharon never liked me. But no matter how much she dislikes me, she shouldn’t say things like that to Theo. Adults should keep children out of these matters. He’s innocent. He’s still so young…”

The implication was clear–there was no way Theo could’ve come up with those words on his own unless someone had taught him.

Carter didn’t say a word, but the tight line of his lips and the sudden chill that swept through the air made his displeasure unmistakable.

Theo was a sharp kid. Even though his father hadn’t spoken, he could still sense that something was wrong. The mood had shifted.

He opened his mouth, instinctively trying to explain. “It wasn’t Mom who said that, it was…”

Before he could finish, Kelly cut him off. “Theo, I know. That didn’t come from Sharon. Must’ve been something some random person said on the street, right?”

Theo didn’t catch the underlying message in her words. He just thought Kelly was amazing–like she somehow knew everything. He nodded seriously.

“That’s right. I heard it at the restaurant earlier. Some people at another table were talking.”

Kelly smiled gently. “Theo, I believe you.”

to spread across his face, something seemed to dawn on him. His expression turned serious again. He looked over at Kelly in the passenger seat,

are you going

stopping him.

I only have at

called her “pretty sister” or “Kelly.” Now, hearing himself address her so differently-“Ms. Walt“-a flicker

but Theo wasn’t a child you could

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paused, as it just now remembering. He didn’t even know why he’d

gentle–how could he have

she didn’t have

clever he was, he was still a child. He didn’t notice that from beginning to end, Kelly had never actually answered his

bit his lower lip without realizing it and

talk about that anymore. Think about what you’d like to eat later, and I will

moment and happily

want fried chicken

even thinking, Kelly

isn’t great. The

lightly, glancing back at Theo. “Besides, Theo wants it… What’s

You’ve got to indulge

thought about Sharon, who never let him eat anything fun, and suddenly felt like–yeah, Kelly

always told him what not to

eyes with sleep still clouding his face, he found Carter sitting

shuffle downstairs, Carter furrowed his brows.

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head. “No one woke

Marie, the housekeeper, appeared from the kitchen, holding a tray

with irritation. “Why didn’t you

at Theo, still standing there, and hesitated. Her voice was

it’s usually Madam

and she wakes the child. So what exactly are you hired

silence

for five years, but she had never seen him this angry. His presence–long accustomed to command- filled the room with an undeniable pressure.

then, as she thought about how much Madam had done over the years, only to have it go unappreciated, Marie couldn’t hold back a

specially prepared meals. Some of the herbs for

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