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.”

shift in atmosphere was immediate.

stepped forward. “Mr. Cooper, you’ve

reach his eyes. “No rush,

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 she wouldn’t give

other reason. All this crying…” He raised his brows slightly. “If someone heard without

broke slightly. Whispers

it? I thought she was refusing to give it out of

didn’t even explain, and that girl started crying like she

It’s that woman’s mother-in-law.

dark, unreadable gaze slowly shifted

froze, her expression

I just wanted to help you. I know I’m stupid, I say the wrong things… people don’t like me. Maybe my existence itself is

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

toward the door, her slender frame moving away with quiet resolve. There was something about her back-small, lonely-that

noticed when the rain outside had

against the restaurant’s glass