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.”

“You’ve given so much to Carter and Theo. All these years, all that effort-and now you walk away with nothing. It’s

At the very least, he taught me

later, Sharon’s phone rang unexpectedly.

you talk to Wendy

replied, her brow knitting.

with her yesterday. But this morning, I couldn’t reach her. I’m getting worried,

her. “Worried?

bunch of nasty things. Insulting you, mostly. He went on and on in front of Wendy, bragging about how great Carter treats Kelly. Told her if she didn’t believe it, she should go see

quiet, but listening closely. John and Wendy had always been friends of hers, and they’d grown familiar with each other over time. John knew Wendy well enough to trust

continued, “so I went to the hospital to ask around. That’s when I heard –Kelly tried to kill herself last

does that have to do

Kelly at the hospital yesterday. Apparently… she said some harsh

darkened. “I’ll look

Carter might not let this