Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 338

Matty’s clear eyes quietly settled on Theo.

“No matter if we come in first or dead last… no matter how Sharon loes… I’ll never feel embarrassed by her. Not ever.”

Theo glared at him. “Hmph! We’ll see if you still say that when you make a fool of yourself! When you lose, don’t come crying like a baby, you little brat!”

He hadn’t always felt this ashamed of his mom. But ever since Kelly came back, his mom just kept embarrassing herself.

Especially at his birthday party, when she got into an argument with one of Nate’s friends. Everyone had watched like spectators at a circus, whispering, laughing behind their hands.

He heard the uncles and aunties muttering that his mom wasil’t presentable, wasn’t the type you could bring to formal events. “No wonder,” they had said. “No wonder your daddy always takes Kelly to social gatherings instead.”

Back then, he hadn’t switched to the new kindergarten yet. Everyone knew Sharon was his mother.

By the very next day, word had spread. Everyone in class knew what had happened at his birthday.

The other kids laughed at him, saying his mom was embarrassing saying he was a hillbilly’s son. Even the kids who used to be his friends started avoiding him. He got isolated.

Thankfully, it wasn’t long before he transferred to a new school.

His grades were excellent; the teachers liked him, and

side at school events, he basked in the envy and admiration

feeling. He liked it

ignoring him had left a strange emptiness

only… if only Mom were as amazing as

else, shall we head back and start

Theo nodded eagerly. “Yeah.”

Sharon, his gaze dark and unreadable, then turned to leave with

Xavier suddenly spoke up. “Mr. Biggs, Kelly… You

happened. “Sharon may be Theo’s mother, but she took him without informing anyone. I believe the one who owes an apology

He followed us on his own. And just now, didn’t you say Theo never lies? Or did

caught in her

smile deepened, but it wasn’t warm. It was the kind of smile that curled at the edges like

Kelly… Is it that you simply don’t apologize? Or is it that you refuse to

their weight

expressions shifted,

at them with wide, expectant eyes. If they refused… how could they ever teach him about right