Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 72

Chapter 72

The righteous indignation that had filled the room came to a sudden halt, all eyes turning toward Xavier.

A faint, careless curve played at the corner of Xavier’s lips.

“Is that how it works?” he said. “You believe anything someone says? If I told you this young lady here has made a habit of

wrecking other people’s relationships, that she’s not sick at all and only playing the sympathy card-would you believe that too?

”

People looked at one another, suddenly unsure, silence creeping into the space where their outrage had been.

Xavier continued, unhurried, “If you don’t know the full story, maybe don’t echo what everyone else is saying. Just because someone looks weak, doesn’t mean they’re right. And the ones you see as weak… might not be so weak after all.”

A faint smile tugged at his lips, ambiguous and unreadable. “Funny, isn’t it? I’ve never seen someone so ‘helpless’ stir up a crowd with just a few tearful sentences.”

was immediate. Expressions

flustered, stepped forward. “Mr. Cooper, you’ve misunderstood. I wasn’t trying

reach his eyes. “No rush, Kelly. I was only giving an example.

glance, half-smiling. “Now that the dishes are here, why not sit down and talk? If I recall correctly, Sharon never said she had the medicine, just that she didn’t. And besides, the one who needs the medicine is her mother-in-law. If she had it, do you really think

Maybe there’s some other reason. All this crying…” He raised his brows slightly. “If

slightly.

thought she was refusing to

girl started crying like she

It’s that woman’s mother-in-law. Why’s she so

slightly. His dark, unreadable gaze

froze, her expression

just wanted to help you. I know I’m

at her lips. “You should talk to Sharon. I won’t

the door, her slender frame moving away with quiet resolve. There was

no one had noticed when the

beat against the restaurant’s glass windows,