Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 74

Chapter 74

“Heh. So what if you’ve got the title of Mrs. Biggs?” Nate sneered, lips curling with disdain. “You think it means anything? Believe it or not, if Kelly so much as whispers that she’s scared, Carter would drop everything and show up at her door in the middle of the night.

“When he comes home-or if he comes home at all-depends entirely on when Kelly wants him gone. These past few weeks, I’m guessing he hasn’t been back much, has he? You wanna know where he’s been? With Kelly. Taking care of her. And it’s just a cold, too, but even that’s got him completely on edge.

“Even your own son’s glued to her side, fussing over her, calling you the reason she got sick in the first place. Won’t be long now before Kelly replaces you and becomes Theo’s new mom.”

With that, Nate cast a triumphant glance at Sharon, then turned and strutted off like a victorious rooster.

“This is ridiculous!” Wendy snapped, nearly shaking with anger as she made to go after Nate, but Sharon stopped her with a

calm hand.

“Let it go, Wendy,” she said, not a trace of emotion on her face. “No need to stoop to the level of some brainless simp. I’m already working with a lawyer. The divorce will be done soon. Then I’ll finally be free.”

and Theo. All these years, all that effort-and now you walk away with nothing.

a faint, almost serene smile. “It’s fine. Starting over now isn’t too late. At the

Sharon’s phone rang unexpectedly.

you talk

her brow knitting.

check them out with her yesterday. But this

in his tone unsettled her. “Worried? You think something

showed up and started saying a bunch of nasty things. Insulting you, mostly. He went

and Wendy had always been friends of hers, and they’d grown familiar with each other over time.

went to the hospital to ask around. That’s

froze. “What does that

Kelly at the

expression darkened. “I’ll

suicide has anything to do with Wendy, Carter might not