Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 38

Chapter 38

Kelly wiped at the corners of her eyes. “Sharon, I know you’ve always held a grudge over the past I shared with Carter. But that’s all behind us now… It’s over. Everyone has a past. Is it really so hard to forgive something that’s already gone?”

Her pupils quivered faintly. “Or is it that you won’t be satisfied until I’m dead?”

Sharon looked up, a quiet smile curving on her lips.

“Well then,” she said lightly. “Go ahead. Die.”

Carter’s face darkened. “Sharon!”

She let out a low, mocking laugh. “What’s with that face, Carter? She’s the one who said it first, didn’t she? Not me. Or do people only ever blame others when someone decides to die?”

Kelly’s eyes flew wide. Tears streamed from them in thick, heavy drops. Then, suddenly, she shot up from the wheelchair and bolted toward the window.

“If Sharon wants me to die, then I’ll die!”

“Kelly, don’t do anything stupid!” Nate cried out, panicked, rushing to stop her.

as he stepped in and blocked her path. His voice came sharp and low. “Kelly, what the

If she wants me dead so badly, then just let me die! Let go of

Carter said

racked her body as she screamed, “I

chaos, Kelly flailing and shrieking, everyone shouting over each

noise, crisp as

die,” Sharon said with a light, sunny

shit?”

words very seriously, Kelly. Surely

trembling with rage as

this is too

“I told her to die, and she tried. Now I’m being kind and letting her live-yet you’re all still unhappy. Why? Do you think it’s better if she actually goes through with

paused. Then her eyes lit up with mock realization. “Oh, I get

trembled. But in the end, he was so

gaze turned dark, his tone low and

cold, and the smile faded from her face. Something in her expression

should back off,” she said flatly, “are

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