Side Chick Era... Over

Loving DAD 1107

Sharon looked at Thomas, genuine admiration flickering in her eyes. “Thomas, you’re brilliant.”

Thomas set the breakfast down on the table, his tone calm but certain.

“With Miles missing, this is indeed the best possible outcome for now.”

Carter, of course, wasn’t a fool. He knew perfectly well that turning the situation into leverage for profit was the smartest move they could make.

But if Sharon had chosen instead to pursue justice–if she’d been too angry to let it go–he would have stood by her regardless.

She had already compromised too many times because of him. She had endured far too much. Carter didn’t want her to keep yielding to circumstance any longer.

When Richard and Rick arrived at the hospital, they ran straight into Gerard–his face alight with an unmistakable smile–as he walked out through the main doors.

The two men exchanged a look.

What was going on?

Just yesterday, the Silverstone family had stormed in demanding answers, furious and unyielding. They’d even threatened to sever all ties if the Kalens didn’t hand over Miles. And now, Gerard was smiling?

Had Miles been found?

Rick’s expression darken. He stepped

in quite a hurry. Did you

up and caught sight of the two men.

“Not yet.”

If Miles’s disappearance wasn’t orchestrated by Jamie, then it had to

family.

drugged and unconscious not long after the incident. There was no

They could easily have staged the whole thing, making it look

had dealt with Richard before–more than once–and every time, he’d walked away with losses. The man was a fox who swallowed

smile that didn’t quite reach

just at

what happened, Sharon was hospitalized

his attitude made Rick pause in surprise. He had expected Gerard to be just as confrontational and

as before.

change. His tone remained as pleasantly polite as ever, though

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an ordeal this time, and even