70. VENTED HER FRUSTRATION

She continued to shake her hair, trying to strengthen her resolve and not give in to his silly childishness. But she was feeling frustrated and annoyed. "God, I can't help it," she thought to herself as she finally slapped her face with her palm. "Oh god damn it," she muttered and then looked up at him. "Liam," she called, and he stopped in his tracks. He slowly turned around to look at her with his puppy-dog eyes, and then she choked out, "Fine. I'll give you 30 minutes. Go and watch whatever you want to watch and then sleep immediately. I'm going to come to your room to check up on you. If you're still up by noon, you're not going to like what's going to happen to you."

She said in a very sharp, commanding tone, but it seemed like he didn't care as he kept staring at her with excitement in his eyes. He nodded his head briskly and then smiled at her. "Yes. Sure. I promise you I'm going to sleep as early as possible, Mom. The episode is just 30 minutes anyway, so it's not going to tak