Side Chick Era... Over

Chapter 547

Kelly blinked, momentarily stunned. “What did you just say?”

Theo glanced back and forth between the adults, utterly confused by the exchange. He didn’t understand what any of it meant, but one thing stuck with him clearly.

Kelly had said the kidnapper knew his mom.

And now that he thought about it, the man had treated his mom very differently, far less aggressively than he had treated him or

Kelly.

The boy’s young mind swirled with questions.

He opened his mouth to speak, but stopped when he noticed how dark his mother’s expression had grown. Her pace quickened.

Theo struggled to keep up, his legs moving rapidly just to match her stride.

From the moment the kidnapper demanded that she bring the ransom, Sharon had sensed something was off.

And now, she couldn’t ignore the fact: whenever Theo had gone out with anyone else, he’d never been in danger. Yet the one time he was with Kelly, he ended up kidnapped.

convenient to be

nature, but

looked disheveled, but not panicked. Nothing like

when Sharon had proposed a hostage exchange, Dillon had agreed with

too smooth.

Sharon’s realization. He no longer bothered pretending. He even confirmed

he’d just made… was likely

would

to pin

this as a chance to eliminate her and Theo? Or maybe…

Theo testify that his mother had conspired with the kidnapper. That they’d fallen out over splitting the ransom. That the kidnapper, in a fit of rage, had

both Sharon and Theo were in extreme danger. And she wasn’t going to risk his life on

go with an amused smile, making no move to

yard outside the

Once Carter arrives, he can make

first? He’s just a child. There’s no reason to keep

go one by one is just too

1/2

Sharon’s heart sank.