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.”

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speak like she was the lady

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his head.

cut in, her voice dripping with suggestion. “Sharon, surely you’re not

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

I’ve never stopped you from seeing Theo. There’s no need to be

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

through this song and dance too many times. She didn’t feel like justifying herself anymore. And even if she did,

again, Theo rushed out, “It wasn’t Mom! I followed her

Carter’s brow twitched slightly.

on the shattered pieces

but it was only on loan. A few days ago, he told me he wanted

delicately. “I know you don’t like other people touching your things, but this cup… it’s some much time

Theo spent so