Loving Mom 138

Chapter 138

“I wanted you dead?” Sharon repeated, her voice calm but puzzled. “Who told you that? Was it Kelly?”

Carter’s voice cut in, low and firm. “Sharon, don’t pin everything on Kelly.”

Her tone was lazy, almost bored. “Carter, you get so defensive the moment her name comes up. One might think you’re desperate to hide something… indecent.”

“Sharon, watch what you’re saying!”

“Watch what I’m saying? Everything I said has a basis. When Theo had his allergic reaction, only a few of us were there. So tell me, how did he get the idea that Matty and I didn’t save him? That we wanted him dead?”

She lifted a brow. “Unless… you’re the one who told him that? Or was it Kelly again?”

Carter’s brow twitched. His eyes shifted to Theo. “Theo, how did you come to think that?”

Kelly’s heart seized. She had told Theo-more than once-not to mention where he got that idea.

in the middle of it all,

keep secrets.

Sharon exposed her, Carter’s attitude had already changed. He no longer trusted her like before. If he found out

snapped. “I wasn’t fully passed out that day. I could

wound nerves

He hadn’t sold her

to Sharon. “Don’t change the subject. Just

in Kelly’s eyes, or the subtle relief that followed. Her

her.

forward, voice clear and firm.

work. I threw

disappointment she expected never came. Instead, her heart felt

beyond saving. It was better to cut losses

to Carter. “Matty saved your son’s life. And now your son’s accusing his savior

a good state.

“A misunderstanding at the time—I can accept that. But he’s been discharged for a while now. And he still hasn’t

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