Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 181

Chapter 181

Nate turned to Theo, clearly trying to shift the blame.

“Theo, the reason we lost this time is because you’re still too inexperienced. Did you see how well Matty performed? That o.1- point difference Kelly lost because of you.” T

But Theo’s mind was still stuck on the image of Sharon performing onstage.

He’d never seen his mom like that before. She looked like someone else-radiant, almost unreachable. And yet, he couldn’t look away

Was that really his mom? When had she become so incredible? She was even better than Kelly.

He was just a kid. He didn’t know much about music. But even he could tell-his mom’s violin sounded better. Way better.

And that Matty…

He didn’t want to admit it, but Matty’s playing was leagues ahead of his.

duet had been nearly

argue with

“I’m sorry. I held

for you, Kelly would’ve gotten a perfect score. So really, this isn’t even

head toward him, livid. “What kind of nonsense is that? You might be able to feed that line to a five-year- old, but do you think the rest of us are

visibly recoiled under her

hit him-criticizing Theo in front of Madeline had been

not what I meant. I just don’t want Sharon getting too full of herself. We all know how talented Theo is. But… you also

bet. What does that have to do

we admit Kelly lost, that means Theo lost too. Do you really want to see Sharon walk in here acting all superior? And besides, Theo’s her biological son. What’s there to brag about-beating your own kid? Even she wouldn’t be shameless enough to act

brow twitched slightly. She hated the idea of Sharon acting like she was

there was a soft knock at

in, Sharon

moment she entered,

to her-stares sharp, defensive. Like

of it. But Sharon didn’t flinch. She ignored