Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 62

Chapter 62

Sharon’s voice was flat. “Why did she fall down the stairs? How would I know? That’s something you should be asking her, not

me.”

Carter didn’t respond. His ink-dark eyes locked onto her without blinking. His face betrayed no emotion, yet the air around him seemed to grow perceptibly colder.

Clearly, he still harbored doubts about her explanation.

After all, no one falls down the stairs for no reason.

In the suffocating silence, Theo’s small face tensed, a flicker of unease surfacing.

But Sharon didn’t flinch. Her gaze met his steadily, devoid of fear or guilt. Her eyes were bright and calm, unclouded by

hesitation.

Kelly hurried to speak. “Carter, maybe… let’s just drop it.”

“We can’t just drop it,” Nate cut her off, his voice sharp. “Sharon needs to be taught a lesson. Who knows what she’ll do next if we let this go?”

Sharon stood with her arms folded. “Kelly, are you not ready to tell everyone how you actually fell down the stairs?”

eyes flickered, words hanging on the edge of her lips,

her a sidelong glance. “Since I have

anywhere until you give Kelly a proper

laced with mockery. “I’ve already said I didn’t push her. Kelly hasn’t said I did either.

in Sharon. She was sharper now, cutting with words in

every turn.

turned to Kelly, agitated. “Kelly, just tell them! Was it Sharon who pushed you down or

it herself, no matter how loudly others shouted, it would all

was the

in frustration. Nate really

this point, if she kept stalling, it would only raise more

a deep breath, just about to speak-when a knock came

Xavier and Matty walked quietly into

“Sharon, are you okay?”

dashed into Sharon’s arms

boy, guilt flickering in her eyes. “I’m sorry. I didn’t take good

she’d look after Matty properly. But trouble kept finding her, again and again. She’d hardly had a

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remarkably empathetic

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sharp,