Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 256

2/2

Chapter 256

Carter gently swirled the wine in his glass.

“What Nate said… does make a certain kind of sense.”

Nate grinned, clearly pleased with himself. “I’ve seen this kind of thing plenty of times, Carter. Trust me on this one.”

Carter took a small sip of the wine, his eyes dark and unreadable, something murky flickering, deep within them-like a shadow drifting quietly through still water.

Julliard opened his mouth to argue again, but Carter’s phone rang before he could speak.

While Carter answered the call, Julliard leaned toward Nate and lowered his voice. “Haven’t you been praying for Carter to divorce Sharon and marry Kelly? Now that he’s finally considering it, why are you trying to stop it?”

Nate glanced over at Carter, who was still on the phone, then whispered back, “I did think that way before. But now… Kelly doesn’t have much time left. Even if she marries Carter, she won’t live more than a few months.

drag her down and keep her from hooking up with

you say you found some miracle doctor for

old doctor knows Sharon. Whether he’s willing to treat Kelly seriously is still up in the air. Besides, when has a terminal illness ever been easy to

if he does cure her?” Julliard

clearly thought this through. “Then they can divorce later. Kelly’s treatment would take at least a year or so anyway. That gives us time to stall Sharon-make her

long while before finally asking, “Nate, what is it you have against

other end of the line, Carter was speaking

wife I think you should know. Would

legal proceedings were underway, Sharon was still, technically, his wife. Simon hesitated for a moment before deciding he needed

was low and steady. “Go

locate someone. Apparently, there’s a music maestro abroad- someone named Warner-who accidentally came across a video of a violin

familiar with Zachemaine, so after some twists and turns, the request ended up with me. And the person playing the violin… turned out

asked calmly, “Who

techniques are legendary. Lifetime Achievement Award winner, incredibly influential. He happened to see the video during a cultural exchange event here and wants to invite your wife to his

tried to invite him before, remember? For Kelly’s debut, but he declined. If Mrs. Biggs

1/2