Loving Mom 190

Chapter 190

It was that awful Matty again-him and his dad.

And… his mom.

Sharon was holding Matty’s hand, leaning close, talking to him with a soft, warm smile on her face.

It was so different from the cold, distant look she always gave him.

Theo felt something stir, faint and blurry, like an old photograph half-lost in memory. She used to smile at him like that too, didn’t she?

When had that stopped? When had her eyes turned so cold?

He followed the three of them from a distance, watching as they rode the Ferris wheel, the carousel, the pirate ship.

They even played the balloon shooting game.

Matty won a stuffed animal, then grinned like an idiot as he handed it to Sharon.

with a laugh, gave

Theo scoffed.

way better at shooting than

his mother’s face-it felt like

It’s just a stupid toy. I could win one in seconds… What’s there to be so happy

His voice faltered.

remembered-he’d already given that music box to

smiled and said thanks, polite and indifferent. Not like

Mom was that easy

away the music box.

up from deep inside-a quiet, shapeless

wished-he could make his mom smile

Theo kept following them.

every time they needed water, food, or

and that stupid kid just sat on the bench,

with him, Dad, and Kelly, his mom was the

up sweating through her shirt, and never once did

his mom would always remind him-don’t eat this, don’t touch that. One thing after another,

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