Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 43

Chapter 43

“Don’t you think it’s reckless to decide I’m guilty based on the words of a few bystanders?” Sharon asked bitterly.

He hadn’t jumped to conclusions the way he used to-hadn’t blindly believed Kelly this time–but everything he’d found was exactly what Kelly had wanted him to see.

“What are you trying to say, Sharon?”

She looked at him squarely, her voice firm and unshaken. “What I’m saying is that I didn’t hit her. I won’t apologize to Kelly. In fact, she owes me an apology.”

His expression grew colder, the lines around his eyes sharpening.

“Sharon, it’s just an apology. Does it really have to be this hard?”

“Not at all. Apologizing isn’t hard-when you’re in the wrong,” she said quietly. “But I’m not. So why should I?”

His face remained unreadable, his voice clipped. “Whether you meant it or not, you hit someone. That alone warrants an apology.”

she said. “But like I told you, I didn’t hit

snapped. “You’re

turned away, withdrawing her gaze. “Then stop wasting your time. I won’t apologize to Kelly. If you’ve got the guts, go ahead

bitter laugh catching in his throat. “Don’t come crying

Maybe he was waiting for her to cave,

top of trending topics. The story was everywhere, red-hot, impossible to

boost credibility, they even attached

as cruel and calculated, a woman who wouldn’t hesitate to cause a crash to kill someone

so-called “concrete evidence,” the

to kill her? She thinks Mr. Biggs

Mr. Biggs, get away from her! Divorce

drops dead. She’s evil to

shouldn’t be allowed to walk free. Lock her

[Death penalty!)

+1 for

section was a wasteland of hate. Some even went as far as saying they’d send her funeral wreaths. Someone had Photoshopped a