Chapter 406

Irene quickly ran through what she just said.

She did not say anything wrong, did she?

"How am I lying, Mom?"

"Did you have a fight with Isaac?" Sheryl asked sharply.

Irene quickly mustered herself and said, "No, we're doing fine, Mom… or maybe you don't want me to be fine?"

"Of course I do, but I'm worried—"

"You're being paranoid. Things are perfectly fine between us," Irene said, beating her to it.

"Really?" Sheryl still sounded a little worried.

"Yeah. Why would I lie? We are doing very well, so don't worry over nothing."

Sheryl thought about it, and decided that she might be paranoid.

"Okay," she said, though she sounded a little disappointed just then. "I was hoping to see you both since it's been a while."

Irene said, "It's the same if I just bring Tommy along."

"No, it's not—you and Isaac are married, and that makes him my son-in-law. That basically makes him my son too."

Irene, however, became gloomy as she remembered how things were between her and Isaac, but t