Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 84

Chapter 84

If Sharon hadn’t come prepared, she never would have dared to face him alone, let alone try to strike a deal.

Sharon stopped walking. Her face was unreadable as she looked at Carter’s tall, imposing figure ahead. Her voice, when she spoke, was cool and detached.

“If you’re willing to release Wendy, I’ll give you the medicine your mother needs.”

Carter halted in his tracks.

He turned sharply. His eyes, sharp and glacial, cut through the air like frost.

“So you really do have the medicine.”

Sharon didn’t flinch at his tone. “You’ve always been a filial son. I can’t imagine you’d just stand by and watch your mother

suffer.”

“You’ve really learned how to negotiate.”

Sharon offered a faint smile. “When it’s about feelings, there are rules for that. When it’s about bargaining, well-those have their own rules. Didn’t you make the same choice, Mr. Biggs? You didn’t spare Wendy just because she’s my friend, did you? I’m only returning the favor now-learning from your example. What’s so wrong about that?”

Human nature is inherently hypocritical.

If the punch doesn’t land on your own body, you’ll never feel the pain.

her into one humiliation after another for Kelly’s sake, did it ever occur to him what she was

now, when the tables are turned, he’s the one who can’t

Kelly the one who liked making him choose between two

Let him

what matters more to him-his mother’s wellbeing

her for

him with calm, steady eyes. There wasn’t even a flicker of hesitation in

last, he looked away. Disappointment flickered across his face like a shadow he

Whatever he thought of her, he could think it.

in explaining herself any

said quietly. “Bring me the medicine. I’ll let

a small

arrived early at a

was tucked deep inside a narrow alley, hard to find and easy to miss. Even the signboard had faded to a dull gray, the whole place old

she stepped inside, the rich, earthy smell of herbs enveloped

with silver hair was hunched over a counter, wearing

1/2

then bowed his head and jotted something down in a

closer and spoke

look up. “Back for more medicine? Didn’t I tell you last time-that

for a