Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 24

Then came Kelly’s fragile, sorrowful voice, brimming with just the right amount of helplessness.

“Sharon, you don’t need to remind me. I know… I don’t have much time left.”

“You’re right. Everything Carter has given me was fake… I’m sorry

The footage shifted.

Now it was the moment Sharon had “pushed” Kelly into the water, followed by another scene: Kelly soaked and trembling, apologizing over and over like a wronged child.

The clip ended with this morning’s incident–Kelly stumbling, nearly falling into traffic. A car screeched just in time to stop. It was enough. The internet erupted.

[What the hell? Kelly only has six months to live and that McKinzie bitch’s cursing her to die sooner?]

[She literally got pregnant to marry him? Gross. No wonder the real love interest got driven out.]

[Wait–so Carter and Kelly were the original couple, and this McKinzie woman just forced her way in? Seriously? She looks so classy, but she’s garbage underneath.]

[Classy? Please. My friend’s a plastic surgeon–he says that face is 0% artificial.]

[Kelly’s a saint. Not only did this homewrecker steal her man, she nearly killed her. Literally pushed her into the water.]

[That’s attempted murder. Let’s tag the police. This psycho needs to go to jail.]

it’s always the beautiful ones that suffer. Kelly’s not just gorgeous–she’s a genius violinist. How could fate be so cruel?] [And that McKinzie bitch? She stopped working after she got married. Just

was no debate, no nuance—no

of an eye, Sharon became public

the comments beneath the story, her face blank. Then she closed the app. Breathed. Once. Twice. Three

Her phone vibrated again.

caller ID.

came

awake. Carter said you need to come to the hospital.

Sharon replied flatly, “No.”

if you don’t show

turned cold. “Tell Carter–the thing I regret most in

then turned

everywhere, spreading through the internet

Chapter 24

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in the way anyone

seven sharp, Sharon got out of bed. She made breakfast for Matty. Her hands were steady. Nothing about her rhythmn

it was time for school, she took

of the apartment building, something flew

How can you even show