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.

come

a calm smile. “Maybe they think

she didn’t

her crew? They thought her middle school diploma made her beneath

two of them stepped onto the

seated in the audience, let out a sharp,

to gold-dig her way into our family… and now?

her. “Mom… lower your voice.

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

mother frantic glances, subtly signaling

stepped in to smooth things over. “Madeline, the performance is about to start. Let’s just

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tongue but fell silent

and Matty began

was stunning. Her voice was clear, melodic, every movement poised and elegant. The way she carried herself was

flawless. Enunciation crisp. Absolutely a perfect, textbook-level

His tone rose and fell with natural rhythm. His emotions were vivid and

into his lines.