Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 242

Chapter 242

Sharon smiled faintly. “If even the most basic chores are too much for Kelly in your eyes, then I suppose there’s nothing more to

say.

“If you’re worried Mr. Malcolm might make things hard for her, you could always come with her every day. I doubt he’d mind. Who knows-he might even be moved by your sincerity and toss in your mother’s medicine while he’s at it.”

Simon couldn’t help glancing at Sharon again.

Sincerity.

That word made sense when it came to one’s own wife. But used in reference to one’s mistress-it carried a strange, bitter irony.

His mother’s medicine now depended on his wife’s sincerity, and yet Carter was exhausting himself on another woman’s behalf.

Of course, Carter wasn’t deaf to the sarcasm in her voice. “You don’t need to be so passive-aggressive. Even if Kelly is cured, I won’t be with her.”

“So it’s not about legitimacy that

“Sharon-”

quickly buried. “Do you have anything else to say, Carter? If

her back

there for a moment, watching her. Then he finally turned and

Carter had said to Kelly, she

“Mr. Malcolm, Sharon, Matty…

gaze flicked toward Sharon, subtle and pointed. “Nate usually isn’t like that. I think there were

There’s Mr. Malcolm, who’s already so advanced in years, and little Matty, who is still a child. Even if you don’t

Kelly’s performance was steady

few sentences, she’d shifted all

loud, disapproving grunt. “You’re useless at everything except running your mouth. Instead of yapping here, how about doing something useful for once? Here’s

dropped six large bags of unsorted herbs

Her voice wavered. “Why… why are