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. He

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

hands and feet cut from the glass shards. Long, red gashes marred her skin, blood oozing down in thin

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

darkened. He bent down and gently lifted

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

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

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,

real

hour later, Carter and Kelly

able to walk

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

indifference made

“don’t you

didn’t even look up.

“Of course she doesn’t! She’s the one who did it! What is there to explain? First, she rammed her car