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.”

want to

know

to speak like she

irony creep up her spine but didn’t bother responding to the obvious

gaze to Theo. “You didn’t tell your dad you were

his

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

in the room who couldn’t

stopped you from

face remained expressionless, not a hint of reaction. No defense.

through this song and dance too many times. She didn’t feel like justifying herself anymore. And

Mom! I followed her myself… I wanted to give her a

Carter’s brow twitched slightly.

fell on the shattered pieces scattered across

me this cup for a while, but it was only on loan. A few days ago, he told

touching your things,

Theo spent so