Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 263

Chapter 263

Sharon stared at the calendar, her eyes lingering on the date. She marked it carefully in her notes.

Twenty-five days left in the divorce cooling-off period.

It felt way too long. Each day dragged like a lifetime.

Just as the thought crossed her mind, her phone rang-

She glanced at the caller ID, then picked up.

Carter’s voice came sharp through the receiver, tinged with irritation.

“Sharon, didn’t you promise me that Kelly would finish at least one full course of the medication? She went to get it today. Why didn’t you give it to her?”

Whether Kelly was willing to take the medicine was one thing. Whether Sharon gave it to her was another entirely.

She’d known Kelly would go running to Carter. Of course she would. It was exactly the kind of thing that could be twisted as ” evidence” that Sharon wanted her dead.

voice was calm. “I gave you a letter of forgiveness. I handed over the first round of medicine. And all you’ve done

the implication. His tone

bargain with me

a soft

go back on my word. I said I’d help, and I will. But I won’t be made a fool of. If I’m putting in the

glacial. “Sharon, have you ever heard the phrase ‘a snake that tries to swallow an elephant dies from greed ? You’re pushing your

And this is life-saving medicine we’re talking about- crafted from rare and valuable herbs.

millions on a house for Kelly, and now that I ask for ten

cutting clean. “Carter, the double standards suit you

the other end. Then, finally, he said, “Give the medicine to Kelly. I’ll transfer

at Kelly, who was still miserably grinding

she said evenly,

Kelly had been doing everything she could to sabotage the schedule. She dragged out every task, missed days, slacked

by several

even more. Every day, she sat there, barely sorting through

He reassigned her to grinding

mangled almost everything she touched. Piles of