Loving Mom 135

Chapter 135

The call was cut off. Just like that.

Carter tried dialing again. Then again. But Sharon still didn’t pick up.

His hand tightened around the phone. He had let too much slide before. He’d been too lenient with Sharon. That softness had blurred her understanding of her place-made her forget who she was, made her bolder than she had any right to be.

It seemed it was time to teach her a lesson.

When Sharon arrived at the kindergarten, she wasn’t surprised to find Carter and Kelly already there.

Kelly was cradling Theo in her arms, whispering comfort into his ear.

Meanwhile, Matty stood off to the side, completely alone. Small and silent, he looked heartbreakingly out of place.

Sharon stepped inside. “Sorry I’m late.”

She had been rehearsing the violin with John on the other side of town, far from the kindergarten. Naturally, she was the last to

arrive.

the moment he

why didn’t you

“Didn’t feel like

eyes narrowed, voice dropping with quiet fury. “Sharon, you’re Theo’s mother. Something happened,

you even consider that if something urgent had happened to Theo, your silence could have put him in serious

of cold amusement crossed

Carter answer back when Theo was in the hospital? If missing a single call from me

dark, something perilous flickering deep in

your own child

she said flatly, “are you

But I guess it’s easier to pin that on me, isn’t it? There’s a talent show at

Forever-Innocent Duo.”

softening as

said gently, “can you

step forward, then hesitated. His gaze flicked toward Theo. Whatever he saw there made

expression darkened slightly. She took the step for him, closing the

happened. This time, I promise-I’ll make

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