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