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 lips, yet

her a sidelong glance. “Since I have nothing to

blocked the doorway. “You’re not going anywhere until you

didn’t push her. Kelly hasn’t said I did

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

every turn.

them! Was

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

was the one it happened

in frustration.

point, if she kept stalling, it would only

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

later, Xavier and Matty walked quietly into the

“Sharon, are you okay?”

Sharon’s arms

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

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

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age, Matty was a remarkably empathetic child. “You’ve taken great care

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could finish, a sharp,