Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 26

Chapter 26

When he saw her bleeding and hurt, the first thing Carter said wasn’t concern.

It was

“Do you know what you did wrong?”

Even a stranger on the street, seeing her like this, would have at least asked if she was alright. But her husband stood there, waiting for her to surrender, to admit fault.

Sharon laughed.

Carter frowned. “What are you laughing at?”

She wiped the blood from her forehead, but the rotting lettuce leaves stuck to her clothes and the sticky smear of raw egg on her shoulder left her looking completely wrecked.

“I’m laughing at myself for putting so much effort all these years into a monster.”

She gave up trying to clean herself and looked directly at him through the car window. “So this is how you make me regret it? You sic the internet on me, send people to corner me in the street, just to avenge your precious Kelly?”

He was silent for a few seconds. “You think I did all this?“.

“Didn’t you?” Sharon smiled faintly. “I moved into a new place. Even with a doxxing, there’s no way they would’ve found me that quickly or that precisely. Who else would’ve known? You’re the one who had Nate pass me that message—‘you’ll regret it,‘ remember?”

Her eyes locked onto his. “If you care so much about protecting Kelly from pain, then why not just divorce me? You two could be together openly, without guilt, without lies.”

of anger crossed

over and over again–there’s nothing between me and Kelly. Can you stop making a

no divorce,” she said coldly,

“So you’re determined to

“Yes,” Sharon answered.

I hope you never come

away, tires spitting dust

day and night

heat around Sharon still

up for her. He didn’t issue a statement. He didn’t pull the stories down. His silence was its own kind of

Carter stayed quiet, Kelly posted a statement on her

in the hospital has nothing to do with Sharon. The incident where I fell into the water was purely an accident. We’ve reached

boyfriend—those are all in the past. I hope everyone will

The internet exploded.

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water was resolved peacefully, and she wasn’t holding Sharon accountable,

if Kelly was saying, yes, Sharon had been the mistress, but it was over now,

truth. So did

together, he and Kelly were already

Then came another wave.

that she had something

popular musician known for both his looks and talent, had exploded into the public eye. Now, people were accusing him of getting involved with a