Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 334

Back then, Theo had said the same thing.

“Mom, Kelly didn’t mean it. Why do you always assume the worst bout Kelly? You should apologize to her.”

Sharon’s cold voice yanked Theo back to the present.

“Theo,” she said flatly, “why do you always assume the worst about Matty? As far as I know, he’s never once done anything to hurt you. So why are you always targeting him?”

Theo’s composure shattered. “I didn’t! I didn’t! I didn’t!”

His voice trembled with fury. “He’s the one! He’s always pretending to be nice to my face but doing something else behind my back! He did it on purpose!”

Right then, Wendy returned with the first aid kit. She stepped through the doorway with a strange expression. “Sharon, someone’s here.”

Sharon looked up, her gaze landing on Carter and Kelly standing in the doorway.

Xavier raised an eyebrow. “Mr. Biggs. Kelly. What a coincidence… didn’t expect to see you here.”

Kelly smiled, polite but distant. “We actually came looking for Theo. When we went to pick him up from preschool, he was already gone. So we checked his location tracker and saw he was here. We came straight over.”

meaning. “Sharon, next time you want to take Theo somewhere… could you let us know in advance? We were worried something had happened

know

like

up her spine but didn’t bother responding to the

didn’t

his

in, her voice dripping with suggestion. “Sharon, surely you’re not going to say Theo just happened

a single person in the room who couldn’t hear the insinuation in that

darkened, cold as ice. “Sharon, I’ve never stopped you from seeing Theo.

not a hint

like justifying herself anymore. And

I followed her myself… I wanted to give her a

Carter’s brow twitched slightly.

on the shattered pieces scattered across the

A few days ago, he told me he wanted it

“I know you don’t like other people touching your

Theo spent so