Chapter 58
Sharon glanced at Kelly, then quietly looked away.
“Sharon, are you here to see Theo and Carter?” Kelly’s voice was soft and gentle. “They’re not here at the moment. Would you like me to take you to them?”
“That’s not necessary,” Sharon replied, her tone flat.
With that, she stepped around her and started down the stairs. The music room was on the lower level-she was going to find
Matty.
But Kelly caught up quickly. “Sharon, could we talk for a moment?”
“I don’t think there’s anything worth discussing between us,” Sharon said without looking back. Her voice was cool, almost
detached.
“I’d like to talk about Carter.”
“Then there’s even less to talk about.”
She turned a corner, heading for the staircase.
“Whatever’s going on between you two has nothing to do with me.”
“Sharon,” Kelly called again, suddenly grabbing Sharon’s wrist. “Just five minutes. That’s all I’m asking.”
Sharon’s expression remained calm as she pulled her hand free. “I’ve made myself clear. There’s nothing for us to talk about.”
Kelly watched as Sharon turned to leave. In a panic, she stepped forward, too quickly-her footing slipped.
Her heel missed the step.
With a sharp cry, she tumbled down the stairs.
“Ah!”
Blood seeped out from beneath her body, spreading across the pristine marble floor.
Sharon froze. She hadn’t expected it to happen. For a moment, her mind went blank
“Kelly!” Theo rushed over to Kelly, panic written across his face. “Kelly, are you okay?”
“I’m fine,” Kelly said weakly, forcing a smile. “Theo, don’t tell your dad about this. Promise me.”
Tears welled up in the boy’s eyes. Then, suddenly, he turned and glared up at Sharon, who was still standing at the top of the
stairs.
“Why did you push Kelly?!”
Sharon’s brow twitched slightly. She began to descend the stairs slowly, wordlessly.
But before she could get close, Theo ran forward and threw his small body in front of Kelly.
He looked up at Sharon with guarded eyes, like a child shielding someone from a monster.
“What do you want? I won’t let you hurt her again!”
Sharon’s steps faltered. Just as she was about to speak, a voice, low and cool, sounded from behind her.
“Kelly, what happened?”
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A man in a dark suit approached. It was Carter.
The moment his eyes caught sight of Kelly crumpled at the foot of the stairs, his expression shifted. The calm in his gaze
darkened instantly.
He strode forward and scooped Kelly into his arms.
“Call an ambulance,” he said, his voice tight.
At the hospital, the red light outside the emergency room glowed like a wound.
Carter’s face, usually composed, was now clouded with tension and darkness.
Nate arrived soon after, and the moment he saw Sharon, he marched over and pointed at her without hesitation. 1
“It was you, wasn’t it?! You pushed Kelly down the stairs, you vicious woman! You won’t be satisfied until she’s dead, is that it? What kind of disgusting, heartless woman are you? Do you even have a conscience?”
Sharon looked at him coldly, as though watching a stranger put on a show.
Anyone who didn’t know better would think she’d killed his father.
“If shamelessness were a competition,” she said calmly, “you’d take the gold. I wouldn’t even make the finals compared to you.
Nate was seething, practically foaming at the mouth. And yet Sharon’s unshaken calm only made him more unhinged.
“I’ll teach you a lesson today, you bitch! Kelly doesn’t deserve this!”
Sharon didn’t flinch. Not even a trace of fear crossed her face.
“You couldn’t win her over, so you lash out at others. You’re pathetic, petty, and weak!”
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