Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 93

Chapter 93

Not sure if Sharon had pushed too hard, but Kelly suddenly collapsed to the floor.

Right then, as if on cue, the door swung open. It was Carter. His eyes darkened as he spotted Kelly on the ground. Without hesitation, he stepped forward and helped her up.

“Kelly, are you alright?”

Still caught in her breakdown, Kelly stared up at his familiar face. For a second, the haze in her eyes seemed to lift. Then she threw herself into Carter’s arms and broke down sobbing.

“Carter, it was terrifying! They were going to lock me in a dark room! Please save me–I don’t want to go into that dark room!”

Carter frowned slightly, his voice low and steady. “Don’t be afraid. I’m here. No one’s going to take you anywhere.”

Something sharp lodged itself in Sharon’s chest. A stabbing pain, sudden and cold.

Tears blurred Kelly’s eyes as she looked up at him. “Carter, will you really protect me?”

“I will.”

words, soft and certain, seemed to

said, “Carter, I don’t want to stay

“Okay.”

away, Wendy couldn’t hold

up to another woman right in front of your

did Carter seem to notice the others

stood silently nearby.

rattled from Kelly’s earlier outburst, finally came

We’ll need her to come with us for further

her

officers exchanged uneasy looks. Mentally unwell suspects like her were always the most

then, Simon walked in holding a stack of

the hospital. She’s been diagnosed with severe

evaluation.”

Kelly-undiagnosed in court, mentally unstable, and still hospitalized-couldn’t be taken by

her legal guardian will need to come with us to give

Simon. “Take Kelly back to her

suddenly clung to his arm, her face full of panic. “I’m scared. Please don’t leave