Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 357

Chapter 357

When they tried calling back, no one picked up.

Panic spread fast. The teachers and the principal glanced toward Carter, like drowning people reaching for the nearest lifeline.

“Mr. Biggs… you can’t just leave us like this,” the principal stammered. “We-we were just following your instructions!”

Carter’s face was still shadowed from that slap. His expression was dark, sharp-edged, barely controlled. “When,” he asked coldly, “did I ever tell you to do this?”

The principal was close to tears. “But the order did come from you-or at least that’s what we were told…”

Off to the side, Kelly’s heart sank.

The principal pressed on. “It was… Nate Hendricks. He said it himself-told us directly. He’s been your friend for years. We… we’re just ordinary people. How could we possibly afford to offend someone like him… or you?”

Carter’s face turned stormy. He pulled out his phone and dialed. “Get over here. Now.”

No explanation. No room for questions. He hung up. 1

Kelly’s fingers itched toward her phone, instinct screaming to tip Nate off. But with so many eyes in the room, pulling out her phone now would be suicide. Worse, it might expose her own part in all of this.

it didn’t matter anymore. If it came out, so be

from the start. She only… fine-tuned it a little. Made

simply approached a few parents, dropping careful hints to get

Kelly stopped him. Physical fights left marks-too obvious. Too easy to get

Isolation, though…?

cleaner. Sharper. Sometimes, the wounds it left went

if Matty went to complain? Useless. What was he going to say? No one wants to be my friend?

something anyone

the perfect kind of

would blow

The video kept rolling.

the full confrontation, Sharon finally understood why

openly, by a bunch of six-year-olds, Sharon suddenly felt…

Matty, “You didn’t come home these past few days. You never told

Matty didn’t pretend.

scared… scared if you found out, you’d worry all this trouble I was facing was because of you.

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to stop seeing you. Spending time with you, with Wendy, with Mr. Malcolm… it’s the happiest I’ve ever been. I don’t

once talking to