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.

said gently, “Theo, do you know

shook his head. “I don’t know.”

your mom and

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

flickered in

and gently patted her shoulder. “Kelly, I’ll go

small, graceful smile. “Alright. I’ll

casually mentioned that Carter’s attitude toward Sharon seemed to be changing. That

set Nate off. 1

dropout like Sharon. Please. As long as I’m around, I’ll never let that happen. It’s all just a game-playing hard to get, pulling back to

would be hard. But sabotage?

had humiliated him last time, made him bark like a dog

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

had no intention of finding him. What

performance in the talent showcase was definitely a fluke. Sharon had just gotten lucky. But even so, he couldn’t rule

had a weakness for women

to call Carter, but