Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 88

Chapter 88

Just as she stepped into the living room, Sharon unexpectedly caught sight of Theo.

Theo turned his head sharply away the moment her gaze met his, letting out a loud “hmph,” his delicate little face set in a frosty

scowl.

Everything about him said: I’m not going to talk to you-better start begging for my attention.

Sharon’s eyes shifted calmly away.

Madeline slammed her hand on the table. The teacups and pot on it clattered sharply, the porcelain ringing in protest.

Her face was cold and unyielding. “Sharon, do you know what you’ve done wrong?”

Sharon furrowed her brows but said nothing.

Back then, she used to see the Biggs family through rose-colored glasses. She even believed Madeline’s constant belittling. Over time, she began to doubt herself-began to think she truly wasn’t good enough for them.

as someone far

that the illusion had shattered, the woman who once seemed so noble and refined

at Sharon, then spoke,

Theo’s sleeve to reveal the bruises underneath.” This

doesn’t earn Theo’s forgiveness, she can forget about ever stepping

him, Theo’s little face lifted with pride. Mom always feared Grandma

said.

be sure not to forgive her so easily.

stared at the bruises on Theo’s arm,

Matty who bullies

a hesitant glance at Sharon, then lowered her voice. “Theo says Sharon never comes home anymore, never takes care of him. Instead, she’s out

again, louder this time. “Are we starving you? Are we not giving you enough to live on? And yet you abandon

expected Sharon to lower her head like always,

money through my own efforts. That’s not shameful. When I wasn’t working, you called me a housewife living off a man. Now that I’m working, you say I’m disgracing the family. So which is it—should I

Her first reaction wasn’t reflection. It was

“You dare talk back?!”

you don’t want to