Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 37

Chapter 37

Just as Nate neared the bed, Sharon lashed out and landed a sharp kick to Nate’s stomach.

He staggered back, crashing hard into the nearby table. Cups and glasses flew off its surface, shattering on the ground with a piercing clatter. Kelly instinctively moved to help him, but her injured hand couldn’t bear the strain, and she ended up tumbling

down with him.

She landed right in the middle of the broken shards.

At that moment, the hospital room door opened with a quiet click.

Carter stepped in.

He froze at the threshold, taking in the scene.

“What happened here?”

of Carter ignited something in him. He leapt to his feet and pointed furiously at

to the ground! She must be faking her injuries! She kicked me-fine, whatever. But Kelly’s still recovering from her injuries, and Sharon

then at Kelly, crumpled on the floor, her hands and feet cut from the glass shards. Long, red gashes marred her skin, blood oozing

eyes as she struggled to sit up. Her injured arm made it nearly impossible. The more she tried, the more the glass bit into

and gently lifted Kelly

to

at Sharon-but when he turned, she had already closed her eyes again, face

breath and motioned for someone to clean up the mess. He wasn’t doing it out of concern that Sharon might get hurt. No-he simply knew that once Carter was done with

the real storm

later, Carter and

walk earlier, was now seated in a

and unlocked her phone, scrolling as if

indifference made Carter’s brow

you have anything to

didn’t even look up.

explain? First, she rammed her car into Kelly’s, now she’s pushed Kelly into broken glass. If that