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

couldn’t argue

muttered, “I’m sorry.

for you, Kelly would’ve gotten a

him, livid. “What kind of nonsense is that? You might be able to feed that line to a five-year- old, but do you

recoiled under her

it hit him-criticizing Theo in front of Madeline had

what I meant. I just don’t want Sharon getting too full of herself. We all

bet. What

“We were the ones who asked Kelly to perform 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

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

there was a soft knock at

Sharon

she entered, the room

turned to her-stares sharp, defensive. Like

with a weaker heart might’ve shrunk under the weight of it. But Sharon didn’t flinch. She ignored the looks and locked