Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 373

Chapter 373

Uriah glanced at Sharon. “You’re that confident, huh? I heard Kelly’s pretty well-educated.”

Wendy winked playfully at him. “Just wait. Sharon’s gonna blow Kelly’s socks off so fast she won’t even see it coming.”

Agrin slowly spread across Uriah’s face. “Oh, good. I can’t wait to see that.”

Watching the two of them whisper conspiratorially, clearly daydreaming about Kelly’s incoming humiliation, Sharon let out a helpless chuckle.

For someone his age, Uriah had the spirit of an overgrown kid -a rascal disguised in an elder’s skin.

A little while later, the teacher came over to notify Sharon and Matty that it was their turn to prepare.

Surprisingly, this time, they didn’t run into Nate, Carter, or anyone else looking to stir up trouble.

The whole process went smoothly, almost unnervingly so.

It felt like the eerie calm before a storm.

Even Matty noticed. His little eyes darted left and right, scanning the backstage area nervously.

and Kelly come to mess with us

smile. “Maybe they think the win is already in

convinced she didn’t

Kelly and her crew? They thought her middle school diploma made her

of them stepped onto the

Madeline, seated in the audience, let out a

“A woman with nothing but a middle school education, who used a child to gold-dig her way into our family… and now? Using our family as a stepping stone to latch

your voice. Theo’s right here. What are

wrong? If she had even a shred of real ability, would Theo need to drag an outsider to help

frantic glances, subtly signaling

to smooth things over. “Madeline, the performance is about to start.

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tongue but fell

and Matty

poised and elegant. The

Enunciation crisp. Absolutely a perfect,

beat. His tone rose and fell with

into his lines.