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.

She couldn’t let Nate stay locked up. If he was gone… Sharon would only grow more

down hard,

reckless-stupid, even. But he was still a useful weapon and a

the first time in a long while, Wendy felt

crisis, but Sharon’s

Sharon a

a number that felt astronomical-absurd, even. But Wendy knew very well… holding that kind of money wasn’t as easy

had been watching, waiting, circling like vultures

we have to thank Nate for

he threw at us? It all became free advertising! Seriously,

had never felt this free, this

taken one

chuckled. “By the way… we also have Julliard to thank for this. Without his intel,

lowering to something only the two of them could hear. “It makes sense that he tipped you off. He didn’t want to watch

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

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