Side Chick Era... Over

Chapter 540

Carter had had enough of his mother’s tirade. “Mom, go upstairs.”

Without waiting for Madeline’s response, Denise stepped forward and gently but firmly guided her up. “Mom, just leave this to Carter. He’s got it handled.”

It wasn’t that she didn’t understand-her mother clearly didn’t. But she did.

Sharon was Theo’s biological mother, and with Uriah backing her, the Biggs family stood to gain quite a bit -if, that is, her mother could stop picking fights with Sharon.

Once Madeline left, the living room finally quieted down.

Julliard’s gaze drifted toward Carter, who had barely spoken, whose presence seemed almost nonexistent, and yet somehow impossible to ignore.

“And he is…?”

Sharon, her thoughts clearly elsewhere, replied flatly, “Just a friend.”

Julliard didn’t press. Her tone said enough.

As they stood there, still trying to piece together the kidnapper’s motive, Carter’s phone rang.

call was from an

slightly. He looked up at Sharon before answering, and

modulator. “If you want them alive, don’t

replied, “Fine. I won’t call

his and Julliard’s capabilities, handling this without police involvement wasn’t out of the

trade cash for people. Oh, and…” The voice paused, as if recalling something. “Send your

remained unreadable. “I

cut out.

room

spoke first. “I’ll have my

out his phone and made a quick

Carter turned to Sharon.

a

Theo’s life hanging in the balance, Sharon chose to set aside all past grievances for

a faint

Theo who’d

had thought Sharon might seize this opportunity to negotiate-like the last time, when she demanded 100 million for the medication Kelly needed. Or when

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