Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 89

Chapter 89

Carter frowned, cutting off the conversation. “Sharon, take a look at these photos first.”

Sharon lowered her gaze, flipping through them. “Yes. I made these for Matty.”

“Then what about him bullying Theo?”

Her brows shifted slightly. “These photos don’t have much to do with whether or not Matty bullied Theo.”

Carter caught the undertone in her voice-an unmistakable slant-and his expression turned cold.

“What are you saying? You think Theo is lying?”

“I’m saying, if we want to know who’s lying, we’ll need to look into it first.”

Her words were perfectly reasonable, but Carter had never liked Matty or his father. Sharon’s insistence on fairness didn’t sit well with him.

“Don’t tell me you don’t even believe your own son.”

“I never said that.”

don’t believe

sense of judgment yet. We shouldn’t take the word of a child as

and heavy. “He’s not

laugh. “And you’re my husband.

mouth, ready to say something, but she continued in a flat tone, “I’m not saying I don’t believe him. I just want to investigate before drawing any conclusions. Besides, when Kelly fell down the stairs,

The truth was plain for everyone to see. Is it really so wrong for me to question his version of

Carter couldn’t respond.

Theo, who had been full of righteous indignation moments earlier, lost a bit of

Madeline had no interest in the details. Her tone brooked

you want to work or make money. Right now, I want

in, her voice cool and even. “Matty is not

in frustration, rubbing

“Can we talk about everything else after you

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still looked displeased, but when he noticed his mother’s condition worsening-her old symptoms creeping in-he took a bottle of pills from

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