Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 194

Chapter 194

Carter went pale. “Say that again?”

The voice on the line sharpened. “Sean fell in the lake-they’ve rushed him to the hospital!”

Back at the amusement park, Sharon’s good mood had been completely ruined by Carter’s call.

Matty looked up at her and spoke gently, “Sharon, since Theo is missing, maybe we should help look for him. Even if we stayed here, we probably wouldn’t enjoy ourselves.”

Sharon’s eyes flickered faintly, like a candle flame in a draft.

Matty added, “Theo and I go to the same kindergarten. We’re good friends. If something really happened to him… I’d be really

sad too.”

Sharon glanced at him, her expression hard to read.

From what she’d heard, Theo had been bullying Matty at school. She’d already been called in by the teachers twice to mediate between them.

But even so, Matty still called Theo a friend-still wanted to help.

of understanding… was quietly

up too. “We should go help look for him. No matter what, Theo is still your son. Even if another kid from the kindergarten went missing,

who didn’t take much seriously, but there

it took someone like Xavier to raise a child

for a moment,

park’s exit when Matty suddenly stopped, his eyes

lowered her head slightly. “What is

back to himself. “N-nothing… Dad, Sharon,

asked, “Want me to go with

quickly said. “I can go by

Things

“Alright. If anything happens,

long after Matty walked off, Sharon’s phone rang

at the

Carter.

furrowed, and she declined the call

was a time when just seeing his name on

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