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?”

hanging on the edge of

her a sidelong glance. “Since I have nothing to do with this anymore, I’ll

going anywhere until you give Kelly

said I didn’t push her. Kelly hasn’t

She was sharper now, cutting

every turn.

tell them! Was it Sharon who pushed you down

point. If Kelly didn’t say it herself, no matter how loudly

was the one

frustration. Nate really was

this point, if she kept stalling, it

just about to speak-when

later, Xavier and Matty walked quietly into the

“Sharon, are you okay?”

arms the moment she

flickering in her eyes.

But trouble kept finding her, again and again. She’d hardly had

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his age, Matty was a remarkably empathetic child. “You’ve

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finish, a sharp, hostile voice sliced through the