Side Chick Era... Over

Loving DAD 1099

Carter had heard Sharon mention before that her relationship with the Kalen family wasn’t good.

But only now–seeing it with his own eyes–did he truly understand what she meant. The people before him, with their hypocritical faces and cold, self–righteous words, were worse than he’d imagined. (1)

No wonder Sharon had refused to return. No wonder she never spoke of them.

The Kalen family wasn’t a home–it was a pit of vipers, a den of beasts.

Carter’s gaze flicked toward the emergency room, then back to the Kalens. A dull ache settled in his chest.

If the Kalen family was a pit of vipers, hadn’t his family once been the same? 1

All these years, he’d grown used to Sharon’s quiet tolerance and her giving nature. He had taken her strength for granted and her patience as a given.

Only now did he realize–far too late–what she had truly wanted.

It wasn’t wealth. It wasn’t status. All she’d ever asked for was a home filled with warmth and peace.

of Kelly, he had forced Sharon to compromise again and again, until

end, was he really any different from these Kalen

Victoria stepped in

“this was truly Rick’s error in judgment. But he never intended any harm to Sharon. He only heard she had been insulted by Miles and wanted to help her reclaim some dignity. That’s why he agreed to

his gaze

intentions. According to both Julliard and Thomas,

had been a premeditated conspiracy, he wouldn’t have been so

pointed to Miles acting

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that the Silverstone and Kalen families have been close for generations. No matter how depraved Miles’s

deceived Rick but also drugged Sharon. Quite the sudden change in behavior, don’t you

Kalens stiffened, the implication settling heavily

has the influence to command Miles to

corridor grew thick with

and planned to use the recording as blackmail–to force her

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would gain a foothold of