Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 66

Chapter 66

Nate wore a look of smug satisfaction. “Dealing with a woman like Sharon, someone with no income or support? There are plenty of ways to make her cave.”

He turned to Carter. “Just give her a few days of cold treatment. After that, I’ll come up with a couple of tricks. I guarantee she’ll come crawling back.”

Carter didn’t respond. Instead, he shifted his gaze to Kelly.

“Kelly, you fell down the stairs on your own. Why didn’t you tell us what really happened?”

A flicker of panic passed through Kelly’s eyes-brief, almost imperceptible, but not enough to escape Carter’s notice. He wasn’t like Nate or Theo. He wasn’t that easy to fool.

The things she’d said earlier… There had definitely been a hint of manipulation.

Tears shimmered in her eyes as she looked at him. “I thought Sharon went to Theo’s kindergarten to apologize to Theo and you. I just wanted to take her to you… Maybe I got too anxious. I reached out to grab her, and I honestly can’t say whether she shook me off or if I just slipped.”

shows she was taking Sharon to find you.

under his breath, “Even Theo said it was her… If your own son says

lowered his head. “Dad, I’m sorry.

normal for him to misread things. If you need to blame someone, blame

Carter… I’ve already learned my lesson. Just don’t be

her take the blame so willingly, Theo felt a rush of mixed

kind. Unlike his mom, who

though she appeared to shoulder the blame, had

with you. If you hadn’t tried to chase after Sharon, you wouldn’t have fallen.

had barely left his

sister Denise’s panicked

out of meds again. Sharon didn’t deliver them on time, and now her headaches are back. She

does Mom’s medication have to

Sharon brought

medicine specialist. She said it could ease the pain. And