Loving Mom 65

Chapter 65

Theo’s face set stubbornly. “I’m not apologizing to him.”

Sharon didn’t push. She simply said, “If you don’t want to apologize, then step aside.”

There was a time when Sharon moved around Theo like a shadow, always busy with him. Now, she was cold-almost indifferent –and telling him to apologize to another child. That kind of change was hard for Theo to accept.

“I won’t let you take care of him!” Theo snapped.

Sharon’s voice was calm, almost teasing. “Why should I listen to you?”

“Because you’re my mom!”

“Mom?” Sharon smiled softly, a quiet irony in her tone. “Aren’t I just your nanny?”

Theo was left speechless, eyes wide.

Kelly frowned, clearly uncomfortable. “Sharon, kids say what they think. Theo’s still little. Why argue with a child?”

Kelly, steady and cool. “Kelly, this is my family business. You’re an outsider; you

had said earlier. Kelly’s eyes reddened instantly, her face folding into a look of

out of turn. I just think Theo is still a child,

am as a mother, how I speak to Theo-that’s my business. You don’t get to teach me. Our family matters are

Her words cut hard.

her cheeks like a fragile

you talk to Kelly like that? Are you acting so cocky because someone’s got your back

I don’t dare talk

that, she ignored Nate, turning instead

now. Please

won’t call you my mom anymore. You have to choose-me or

more times than she could count. It wasn’t that it didn’t hurt. But by now, all that was left

numbness.

I

stepped around Theo and opened the

as if he’d been hit. He

with an indifferent smile, and

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