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.”

and certain, seemed

she said, “Carter, I don’t want to

“Okay.”

to take Kelly away, Wendy couldn’t

going to cuddle up to another woman right

seem to notice the

stood silently nearby.

rattled from Kelly’s earlier

of kidnapping. We’ll need her to come

turned away, his voice cool. “As you can see, her mental state is unstable. She’s not in

unwell suspects like

in holding

treatment at the hospital. She’s been diagnosed with severe

evaluation.”

court, mentally unstable, and

“In that case, her legal guardian will need to come with us to

“Take

suddenly clung to his arm, her face full of panic. “I’m scared.