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?”

on the edge of her lips, yet

“Since I have nothing to do with this anymore, I’ll

going anywhere until

I didn’t push her. Kelly

She was sharper now, cutting with words in

every turn.

just tell them! Was it

had a point. If Kelly didn’t say it herself, no

the one it

in frustration. Nate

she kept stalling, it

about to

Matty walked quietly into

“Sharon, are you okay?”

dashed into Sharon’s arms the moment she

the little boy, guilt flickering in her eyes. “I’m sorry. I didn’t take good care of you

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

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Matty was a remarkably empathetic child. “You’ve

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sharp,