Loving Mom 122

Chapter 122

Theo’s gaze flickered, refusing to meet Sharon’s eyes.

“I… I didn’t know there were nuts in the cake.”

Sharon pressed on. “Even if you didn’t know about the nuts, don’t you know you’re lactose intolerant? You shouldn’t be eating

cake at all.”

Theo’s face twisted into a frown. “It was just one little bite.”

“That one little bite nearly cost you your life,” Sharon said quietly.

The warmth Theo had felt earlier toward his mother began to twist into irritation, frustration simmering beneath his skin.

“You and Matty get to eat whatever you want. Why can’t I? It’s only because you’re always telling me what I can’t eat, what I shouldn’t touch, that I get curious. That’s why I want to eat those things even more!”

Sharon’s brow furrowed. “I’m only thinking of your health-”

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you’re just using that as an excuse. Pretending it’s out of love so you can control me! Every day it’s ‘I’m

taught you to say that?

Theo’s breath caught.

everyone deserves freedom and respect. That it didn’t matter if someone was

mom never

no. Said it

obedient little “mama’s boy.” Someone who’d

calm. “That’s how I

had poured

stubborn tenderness Sharon had clung to through the long night vanished

“Then tell me, Theo. What

hesitate. Words

choose. I want freedom and respect. I don’t want to be treated like a little kid anymore. And just because you gave birth to me doesn’t mean you get to use that to guilt me all the time.

when he noticed Sharon staring at

still as water. Nothing of the gentle, worried mother from before

voice grew smaller.

“And what

now,”

nodded slowly. “I can

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