Chapter 105
“Sharon, I’m sorry… I’m the one who made Theo misunderstand.” Matty’s eyes were rimmed with red as he reached for the phone. “I’ll delete everything.”
In that moment, it wasn’t just Sharon who felt it-even the kindergarten teachers watching nearby found their hearts tightening.
To treat a nanny as your own mother… It was heartbreaking.
Matty was simply yearning for a mother’s love. What wrong had he really done?
A wave of ache moved through Sharon’s chest. She gently stopped him. “Matty, no need to delete them. Just leave them.”
Matty lowered his head. “But Theo will be upset.”
“That’s okay.”
“But-”
Softly, Sharon said, “As long as you’re not hurting anyone, you don’t need to compromise yourself just to please others.”
Matty gave a small nod. “Okay. I’ll listen to you, Sharon.”
Suddenly, Carter’s voice broke the stillness. “I want to check his phone.”
Sharon’s brows drew together. “Carter, seriously? Looking through a child’s phone? Don’t you think that’s crossing the line?”
Carter’s voice stayed calm and flat. “I know Theo’s temperament. I don’t believe he would lie.”
Sharon was about to respond, but Matty tugged lightly at her sleeve. He said understandingly, “If Theo’s daddy wants to look, let him. It’s okay.”
The teacher nearby could only marvel at how thoughtful Matty was.
Sharon hesitated, then nodded. But she didn’t hand the phone directly to Carter. Instead, she said, “If we’re going to check, we’ll all check together. We can’t just take one person’s word for it.”
She looked toward the teachers. “There’s a projector setup here, right?”
“Yes, yes-just next door in the conference room,” one of them replied quickly.
The group made their way into the conference room. Matty’s phone was connected to the screen, and its contents appeared across the projection.
Most of the posts on the kindergarten app were innocent-photos and kids’ thoughts.
It was a classic case of the speaker meaning no harm, but the listener taking offense.
Sharon then opened Matty’s text messages and call logs. Nothing unusual there either.
She said calmly, “You’ve all seen it for yourselves. Can we now agree Matty wasn’t trying to provoke Theo?”
Kelly cut in, “Theo said there were photos and videos Matty showed him directly on his phone. Sharon, maybe check the photo gallery?”
Sharon glanced at her, then opened the photo album.
Sure enough, there were a number of pictures of Matty and Sharon-some selfies, some candid shots he’d taken quietly. None were inappropriate.
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Kelly pressed on, “Check the videos too.”
Sharon opened them.
Most were of her in the kitchen, cooking or preparing snacks. Some were of her picking Matty up from school.
One by one, she played them, calmly and without pause.
Then she tapped open a video-one of Kelly falling down the stairs in the kindergarten.
Kelly’s eyes flashed with panic. “Turn it off! That has nothing to do with today’s situation!”
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Sharon gave a cold smile. “Let’s finish it. Just in case later you claim Matty spliced something together, and we can’t clear things up.”
She said no more. Letting the video play through, she moved on to the next clip only after it ended.
The people watching, who had been viewing everything with quiet composure, now began to shift.
Their expressions were changing.
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