Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 94

Chapter 94

It was useless to reason with a lunatic. The police knew that. They didn’t waste time arguing with someone clearly unwell.

“Mr. Biggs, we’ll be leaving now,” one of the officers said. “Please come by when you have time to give a statement.”

Not bothering to linger a second longer, the officers made their way out of the hospital room.

Sharon didn’t spare the couple another glance. She followed the officers, ready to leave as well.

But just as she passed Carter, his hand suddenly reached out and caught her wrist.

“Where are you going?”

She looked at him, her expression colder than he had ever seen.

“I called the police,” she said quietly. “As someone directly involved, I should cooperate with the investigation.”

A shadow passed through Carter’s dark eyes. He looked like he wanted to say something, but with others still in the room, he stayed silent.

Then he turned to Simon. “What are you standing around for? Take her.”

Simon didn’t dare hesitate again. He stepped forward and, ignoring Kelly’s frantic sobs, forcefully led her away.

Wendy watched the scene unfold, then curled her lip and left as well.

said a few kind words on his behalf. And now, just minutes later, this farce had played out right in front of

Only Sharon and Carter

She said nothing.

silence wasn’t the quiet before a storm-it was a silence with no intention behind it, like an

familiar and distant, as if it belonged to someone he used to

first to speak. “How did you find

a faint smile playing on her lips, though it

track her down. I’m just a powerless housewife. Without a little divine guidance from a snitch, how could I possibly know

you find

him, her voice soft. “If I said

brow furrowed.

you don’t

flickered with something

wouldn’t tell you

lying? That I’m trying to frame

between them. Then, Carter said, “Maybe you

”

1/2

eyes sharpened like a blade reflecting light. “Why would

else?”

seconds, it was hard to tell. Finally, Carter’s voice

mountain stream.