Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 95

Chapter 95

Carter looked at Sharon, his eyes deep and still as a midnight pond.

“Sharon, that phone number doesn’t belong to Kelly. And the person who sent those texts never claimed to be her. You can’t prove they came from her.”

Sharon answered calmly, “But who else besides Kelly would know you were the one who took Wendy? She asked to meet me at a café the day after Wendy went missing. She mentioned she knew Wendy’s whereabouts clearly in the texts. What-do you think Kelly and I are such good friends we’d just meet for coffee like that?”

Gazing down at her, Carter asked, “Are you sure Kelly really met you?”

Sharon nodded. “I’m sure.”

“Alright. I’ll have someone look into it right now.”

Once the investigation concluded, Carter brought Sharon to Kelly’s hospital room.

By then, Kelly had calmed down a bit. When Carter questioned her, she looked surprised. “Wasn’t it Sharon who asked to meet me at the café?”

“I

“You sent me a message asking to meet. You even said you chose

phone, which had been sitting on the bedside table, to Carter. “The

closer to

Kelly had received matched the ones Sharon had.

quiet unease began to

she had assumed the messages were from Kelly-and she had, in fact, met Kelly at the café-what Carter said earlier was true: the number didn’t belong

was no concrete evidence linking those texts

one thing was undeniable-Kelly

had confirmed

Sharon was trying to sort out the implications, Nate, who had been sitting silently nearby, stood up. The truth, it seemed, could no

the messages,” he admitted. “It had nothing to

toward him, stunned. “Nate… why would you

teach her a lesson. She’s been bullying Kelly ever since Kelly got back-pushing her into the

of hers just says sorry and walks away like nothing happened. And Kelly has to suffer

the person who hurt