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 scene

there’s no divorce,” she said coldly, “then get

turned sharp, frigid. “So

“Yes,” Sharon answered.

laugh, furious. “Fine. I hope you never come

pulled away, tires spitting dust

and

Sharon

never came forward to speak up for her. He didn’t issue a statement. He didn’t pull the stories down. His silence was its own kind of confirmation, leaving her to be hounded like

stayed quiet, Kelly posted

The incident where I fell into the water was purely an accident. We’ve reached an

about Sharon stealing my boyfriend—those are all in the past. I hope everyone will let it

The internet exploded.

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Chapter 26

into the water was resolved peacefully, and she wasn’t holding Sharon accountable, that could only mean

–no clarification, no denial–only cemented the story. As if Kelly was saying, yes, Sharon had been the mistress, but it was over now, so let’s

truth. So did Carter. So did

Carter got together, he and Kelly were already

Then came another wave.

rumors that she had something going on

talent, had exploded into the public eye. Now, people were accusing him of getting involved with a married woman–Carter’s wife, no