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.”

her tone dipped just enough to carry meaning. “Sharon, next time you want to take Theo somewhere… could you let

know

to speak like she

creep up her

didn’t tell

his head.

mouth to speak, but Kelly cut in, her voice dripping with suggestion. “Sharon, surely you’re not going to say Theo just happened to follow you here again, are

room

darkened, cold as ice. “Sharon, I’ve never stopped you from seeing Theo. There’s no need to be so

face remained expressionless, not a hint of reaction. No

She didn’t feel like

out, “It wasn’t Mom! I followed her myself… I wanted

Carter’s brow twitched slightly.

on the shattered pieces scattered

lend me this cup for a while, but it was only on loan. A few days ago, he told me he wanted it back, to give it to you

like other people touching your things, but this cup… it’s some much time

Theo spent so