Chapter 63
“Mom? You mean Sharon?” Matty turned his head slowly, eyes blank. “But… isn’t that lady your mom?”
He glanced toward Kelly, still lying in the hospital bed. “Didn’t you two just play in the parent-child games together this morning?”
Theo’s face was cold and tight. “Just because we played some games doesn’t mean she’s my mom.”
“But… when everyone asked, you didn’t deny it.” Matty’s voice was light, curious-like a child who didn’t know any better. “And didn’t you say Sharon is just a nanny in your house?”
Nanny.
That word landed like a stone dropped in still water. The air seemed to freeze for a beat. Everyone’s expression shifted.
There were things everyone knew, quietly understood, but never said out loud.
A Madam of the Biggs family was being called a nanny-if that got out, the one dragged into the mud wouldn’t just be Sharon. It would be Carter. The entire Biggs family.
Just then, a voice broke the silence. It was Xavier, who had been quiet all along.
“Sharon, I came to see you today because I have something to give you.”
All eyes turned to him.
His lips curved into a casual, easy smile as he handed a phone to Sharon.
She took it, brows slightly furrowed, and tapped the screen. A video began to play.
On it were two familiar figures-herself and Kelly, caught on camera at the top of the staircase.
Sharon stiffened. “This is…”
“This is the footage of why Kelly fell down the stairs.”
“Footage?” Kelly’s face shifted rapidly, panic flashing in her eyes. She blurted out, “But that stairwell doesn’t have any
surveillance-”
Sharon turned to her. “Kelly, what made you think there were no cameras there?”
Realizing her slip, Kelly forced a smile. “I just… glanced over when I went to look for Theo and didn’t see any, so I thought…”
Xavier’s voice cut in, “That spot really doesn’t have official surveillance. But Matty happened to be filming Sharon coming down the stairs. Who would’ve thought he’d catch something so interesting?”
His phone was top-of-the-line. The video quality was crystal clear.
The footage replayed the entire moment Kelly fell.
Sharon hadn’t touched her. Kelly had chased after Sharon and slipped.
The video ended. Silence fell over the room like a heavy curtain.
Xavier chuckled softly. “No surveillance over there, but luckily Matty happened to be recording. Otherwise, Sharon would’ve been wrongly accused, and no amount of arguing could clear her name.”
“I never said Sharon pushed me,” Kelly said quickly.
Sharon looked at her calmly. “But when I was being accused, you didn’t say I didn’t push you, either.” 1
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Nate hadn’t expected this turn. It really hadn’t been Sharon? His face burned with humiliation as though someone had slapped
him.
Still, he didn’t back down. “That’s because Theo said he saw it himself. If even your own son says so, who would doubt it?”
Theo stared blankly at the looping video on the screen. His pupils trembled. He spoke without thinking, “Mom and Kelly were really close just then… then she fell… I thought… I thought…”
Matty blinked, puzzled. “But why would you think your own mom is a bad person?”
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