Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 329

Chapter 329

Kelly said gently, “Carter… isn’t there any other way to help Nate?”

Carter’s reply was cold and emotionless. “I’ll assist the Hendricks Group with the PR campaign-repackaging Sharon’s image. But as for Nate… it’s better to let him cool off for a while. Keep him from stirring up more trouble.”

Kelly froze. “Carter… you’re not getting Nate out?”

His expression didn’t shift. “Tell him this: If he doesn’t have the ability to clean up his own mess, then he shouldn’t be making one in the first place. Not every time will someone be there to bail him out.”

Kelly was shocked. Something was different. The way Carter spoke about Nate… had changed.

All this time, because Nate once saved his life, Carter had tolerated nearly everything from him-indulgent to a fault. But now… why the sudden shift?

Had Sharon said something to him?

Yes. That had to be it. After they left the police station, Carter and Sharon had gone to that café together.

It must have been then.

let Nate stay locked up. If he was gone… Sharon would only grow

bit down

reckless-stupid, even. But he was still a

time in a long while, Wendy felt a genuine, unrestrained sense of

only had they survived the crisis,

in the private room of a restaurant, Wendy couldn’t help but grin, giving Sharon a big thumbs-up. “Sharon,

knew very well… holding that kind of money wasn’t as

waiting, circling like vultures for any excuse

be fair… we have to thank Nate for his cooperation. Without him, this outcome wouldn’t

burst out laughing. “That idiot! Every smear campaign he threw at us?

had never felt

had taken one hell of a

way… we also have Julliard to thank for this. Without his intel, we wouldn’t have pulled this

darkened a little, her voice lowering to something only the two of them could hear. “It makes sense that he tipped you off. He

that dirt? The drunk driving. The hit-and-run. That’s stuff that could actually

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far? Aren’t they supposed