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.

took it with a laugh, gave him a thumbs

Theo scoffed.

better at shooting

his mother’s face-it felt like something

could win one in seconds… What’s there to be so happy about? Matty can only win some cheap

His voice faltered.

already given that music

and said thanks, polite and indifferent. Not like his

that easy

hadn’t just given away the music box. He’d given

strange feeling crept up from

mom smile like that at

Theo kept following them.

or

stupid kid just sat on the bench,

out with him, Dad, and Kelly, his mom was the one doing

mom ended up sweating through her shirt,

would always remind him-don’t eat this, don’t touch

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