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.”

atmosphere was

stepped forward. “Mr. Cooper, you’ve misunderstood.

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

why not sit down and talk? If I recall correctly, Sharon never said she had the medicine, just that she didn’t. And besides,

slightly. “If someone heard without context, they’d

broke slightly. Whispers turned

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

started crying like she was dying. Is

patient isn’t even her. It’s that woman’s mother-in-law. Why’s she so

brows furrowed slightly. His dark, unreadable gaze

froze, her

help you. I know

tugged at her lips. “You should talk to

moving away with quiet resolve. There

had noticed when the rain outside had turned into

beat against the restaurant’s glass windows, dull and