Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 117

Chapter 117

Sharon didn’t quite understand what Matty meant at first.

Matty said softly, “I just checked-everything Theo’s table ordered was exactly the same as ours. Sharon told me Theo’s allergic to nuts. But we did order a slice of nut-filled cake.”

Sharon turned her gaze toward Kelly, her voice cold. “Anything you’d like to say now?”

Kelly didn’t bother putting up a front anymore. She lowered her head and conceded, “I’m sorry. I didn’t know the filling had

nuts.”

Carter stepped in, his patience seeming to fray. “Sharon, do you have to go after Kelly like this? She didn’t know there were nuts in the cake. It was Theo who saw what you were eating and insisted on ordering the same thing. This has nothing to do with Kelly.”

Sharon turned her eyes to him. “Fine. She didn’t know Theo had a nut allergy. Then what about you? As his father, you didn’t know either?”

her gaze. “I don’t really eat desserts, so

can’t eat. You didn’t know there were nuts in the cake, fine. But

drained from

in quickly to defend him. “Sharon, kids are always drawn to tasty things, especially desserts. The more you tell them they can’t have it, the more they want it-sometimes even sneaking it behind your back. Isn’t it better to let

twisted logic you used to convince both

a scolded schoolgirl caught in a lie. Her voice trembled. “I

Kelly’s not wrong. Letting him eat it

up. “Better? He ended up convulsing from an allergic reaction. He nearly died. That’s what you

Carter fell silent.

said quietly, “This time…

let out a cold, mirthless

who had been sitting quietly beside her, suddenly spoke up.

down at