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

couldn’t argue with

“I’m

you, Kelly would’ve gotten a

is that? You might be able to feed that line to

visibly recoiled

in front of Madeline had been a very

cleared his throat and said, “Madeline, that’s 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 know Kelly made that

“Kelly lost the bet. What does that have

with Theo. They didn’t win-Sharon did. Don’t you think she’s gloating right now? If 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

She hated the idea of Sharon acting like she was on

a soft knock

Sharon right

she entered, the

sharp,

But Sharon didn’t flinch. She ignored the looks and locked eyes