Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 60

Chapter 60

Nate scoffed. “Kelly will tell us the truth, whether you pushed her down the stairs.”

Theo added, “Mom, if you don’t apologize to Kelly this time, I’m never going to forgive you ”

Before, Sharon would have panicked and tried to coax him, done whatever it took to make it right.

But now, she only gave him a passing glance-cool and indifferent. Not a word of explanation. Then she looked away, as if none of it mattered.

The shift in her demeanor unsettled Theo. He couldn’t quite explain why, but a strange anxiety crept into his chest.

Lately, his mom had changed into someone unfamiliar.

But Grandma and Nate had told him it was all just a ploy. That she was pretending to get attention from him and Dad. That he

shouldn’t fall for it.

Thinking of that, Theo said again, more firmly this time, “Even if you’re doing this just to get our attention, you still shouldn’t hurt Kelly. If you hurt her again, I won’t acknowledge you as my mom anymore!”

Sharon clenched her fists without meaning to, but her face remained unreadable.

“Suit yourself,” she said flatly.

Theo froze.

this another one of her

wheeled out from

attention shifted at once, and they followed her into the hospital room

behind, staring Sharon down, his expression

take responsibility for what happened to Kelly. Don’t think you can just

Kelly had already regained

Theo, whose

don’t know if I’ll ever get the chance to play the violin for you

faint sadness lingered between

played it in front of a crowd of

like a fairy! And his dad is

He never dared to talk about

going to be okay,” he said, his face unusually serious. “If Mom won’t apologize to you, then I won’t acknowledge her

words left his mouth,

a moment, guilt flickered in

1/2

she didn’t even look

her gaze landed

calmly, “how are you