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

accident, but she still managed to knock both me and Kelly to the ground! She must be faking her injuries! She kicked me-fine, whatever. But Kelly’s

who was without a scratch, and then at Kelly, crumpled on the floor, her hands

tears welling in her eyes as she struggled to sit up. Her injured arm made it

He bent down and gently lifted Kelly into

said flatly to Nate. “I’ll take Kelly to

he turned, she had already closed her eyes again, face detached, as if none of this had

under his 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 Kelly, he’d come back for

then the real storm would

later, Carter and Kelly

who had been able to walk earlier, was now seated in a

looked up briefly, then dropped her gaze again and unlocked her phone, scrolling as if the

indifference made Carter’s brow tighten

he said, “don’t you have anything to

didn’t even look up.

the one who did it! What is there to explain? First, she rammed her car into Kelly’s, now she’s pushed Kelly into broken