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.”

That video from earlier clearly shows she was taking Sharon to find you. And Kelly never said it was

If your own son says so, who’d doubt it? Besides,

head. “Dad, I’m

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

looked at Carter with pleading eyes. “Please, Carter… I’ve already learned my lesson. Just don’t be

the blame so willingly, Theo felt a rush of mixed emotions-grateful

who seemed to enjoy upsetting him

that Kelly, though she appeared to shoulder the blame, had carefully shifted the responsibility onto him, distancing

this has nothing to do with you. If you hadn’t tried to chase after Sharon,

barely left his mouth when his phone

and his sister Denise’s panicked voice

She hasn’t come downstairs all day-it’s worse this time. You need to tell Sharon to send the medicine

medication have to

Sharon brought

alternative medicine specialist. She said it could