Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 100

Chapter 100

Instead of blaming Theo for his outburst, everyone turned sympathetic eyes toward him.

Their gazes shifted to Sharon-cooler now, more complicated.

Even your own son won’t choose you. That kind of rejection didn’t need to be spoken aloud-it was written in every look.

Clearly, this mother must’ve failed in more ways than one. Clearly, she hadn’t been good to the boy at all.

The teacher assigned specifically to Theo let out a quiet sigh.

“When Theo transferred to our class this semester, I thought…”

She glanced at Sharon, her voice faltering.

Though Theo had listed his mother’s contact number on his file, the woman herself had never once shown up.

The teacher’s eyes shifted to Kelly.

It had been Kelly who handled the enrollment paperwork. She’d attended the parent-child activity days. She’d even come to pick Theo up several times.

The teacher had assumed, naturally, that this was the boy’s mother.

woman who married into wealth only to spend her days shopping, playing poker, and getting facials, too busy

accusations were

flicker of triumph passed

at once, Matty’s

“Sharon… you came.”

softening when they landed on Matty, half-hidden behind

crouched down until she was eye-level with him and

moment Matty saw her, his

a child who knew he’d done something wrong. “I’m sorry. I… I

and wiped the corner of

arm, his sleeve slipped down slightly, revealing several

eyes darkened. Her hand shot out, gently but firmly gripping

happened

instinctively pulled his arm behind his back,

nothing, Sharon… I just

serious. “Matty, let me

hesitated. But when he saw she wouldn’t back down, he finally stretched

1/2

rolled up his

old, crusted-over scratches-startling, angry marks that stood stark