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?”

grimacing in pain. The sight of Carter ignited something in him.

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

and then at Kelly, crumpled on the floor, her hands

cry out but bit her lip, tears welling in her eyes as she struggled to sit up. Her injured arm made it nearly impossible.

expression darkened. He bent down and gently

up the glass,” he said flatly to Nate. “I’ll

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

clean up the mess. He wasn’t doing it out of concern that Sharon might get hurt. No-he simply knew that once

then the real storm

Carter

who had been able to walk earlier, was

up briefly, then dropped her gaze again and unlocked

cold indifference made

said, “don’t you

even look up.

there to explain? First, she rammed her car into Kelly’s, now