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.

why didn’t Nate and Kelly come

gave him a calm smile. “Maybe they think the win is already in their

was convinced she didn’t know any foreign

thought her middle school diploma made her

them stepped onto

the spotlight hit, Madeline, seated in the audience, let out a sharp, disdainful

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

her. “Mom… lower your voice. Theo’s right here. What are you

flinch. “What, did I say something wrong? If she had even a shred of real ability, would Theo need to drag an outsider to help

mother frantic glances, subtly signaling

this, Kelly hurriedly stepped in to smooth things over. “Madeline, the performance is

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her tongue but fell silent

Sharon and Matty began

movement poised and

Enunciation crisp.

a beat. His tone rose and fell

into his lines.