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Loving Mom 256

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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.

it’s better to drag her down and keep her

you say you found

in the air. Besides, when has a terminal illness ever been easy to cure? Maybe he can buy her some time, but

he does

Kelly’s treatment would take at least a year or so anyway. That gives us time to stall Sharon-make

asking, “Nate, what is it you have against Sharon? Did she dig up your family’s ancestral grave or

the line, Carter

I think you should

still, technically, his wife. Simon hesitated for a

voice was low and steady. “Go

named Warner-who accidentally came across a video of a violin performance online. He was absolutely stunned and

so after some twists and turns, the request ended up with me. And the person playing the

asked calmly, “Who is

from Yuicuador-his techniques are legendary. Lifetime Achievement Award winner, incredibly influential. He happened to see the video during a cultural

invite him before, remember? For Kelly’s debut, but he declined. If Mrs. Biggs gains his recognition, she’ll have an incredibly

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