Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 118

Chapter 118

Kelly offered an awkward, embarrassed smile as she lowered her head and apologized. “I’m sorry. I’ll be more careful next time. I promise, it won’t happen again.”

The medical staff, seeing how quickly she admitted fault, decided not to press the issue.

Watching all this unfold, Sharon couldn’t help but feel a kind of twisted admiration for her. Kelly had a rare talent. She could appear delicate to draw sympathy, and steer the crowd in her favor with just the right expressions. And if things turned against her, she’d bend without breaking, apologize without hesitation.

Her skin was so thick, others would feel secondhand embarrassment on her behalf. But she remained perfectly composed, even smiling as she clung to the image she’d built for herself.

That was how she managed to keep both Carter and Theo tightly in her grasp..

The ambulance arrived at the nearby hospital. Theo was rushed into the emergency room.

Sharon sat with Matty on a bench in the corridor. They waited quietly.

Kelly stood outside the operating room, hands clasped, eyes brimming with tears as she whispered prayers. “Please, God, please … Let Theo be okay. I’m begging you…”

moved Carter. He spoke gently, “Kelly,

the corners of her eyes, Kelly replied, “If something really happens to Theo… how will I ever face

The sight of them

voice

in any real danger? Why is

him, her voice tender. “I’m not sure

Kelly and gave a light

performance unraveling-again-at the hands of this child. She was growing more and more irritated. But with Carter

patiently, “I’m just

you keep

Matty’s mouth. “Shh, you can’t

the hand and led him a few steps away, just about to start working on his impression of her, when Matty suddenly

her, eyes

how to

over and helped Matty up. “Matty, are you