Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 207

Chapter 207

As soon as Nate heard about it, he launched into a heavily embellished version of the story for Theo.

The boy’s face crumpled-equal parts sorrow and anger.

Mom really had been bewitched by that awful Matty. She was a bad mom.

Nate continued, his tone full of disdain. “Last time at the talent showcase, your mom only beat Kelly by sheer luck. She threw juice all over Kelly before the performance, remember? Not to mention, she used that legendary violin-Shaluna.

“With all those unfair advantages, she still only managed to win by 0.1 points. What’s there to brag about?”

Theo’s expression dimmed.

He’d truly thought his mom was amazing. But Kelly and Nate made it sound like she’d just gotten lucky.

How could a mom who hadn’t even graduated high school possibly be more talented than someone like Kelly, who went to one of the best music schools in the world?

Besides… he had seen it with his own eyes-his mom really had thrown juice on Kelly.

on that. She said gently, “Theo, do

shook his head.

then asked, “Theo… are your mom and dad really getting a

blurted out before he could stop himself. “I just asked Dad! He

worry flickered in

in her expression and gently patted her shoulder. “Kelly,

small, graceful smile. “Alright. I’ll

mentioned that Carter’s

set Nate off. 1

as I’m around, I’ll never let that happen. It’s all just a game-playing hard to get, pulling back to advance. Carter won’t fall

would be hard. But

Sharon had humiliated him last time, made him bark like a dog in front of everyone.

he was going to make sure she paid for it. There was no way he’d let Carter have feelings for

Of course, he had no intention of finding him. What he wanted was to interrupt- disrupt-whatever was happening between Carter

lucky. But

than anyone-Carter had a weakness for women who played the violin

and pulled out his phone to call Carter, but no one answered.