Chapter 53

Shawn had returned, so Judy had called Kathleen to invite her over for a meal. Kathleen declined reflexively, "Judy, thank you for inviting me, but I won't be joining you for lunch." "Corey has already left to pick you up." Kathleen was speechless. Judy wasn't giving her a chance to refuse at all. She had no choice but to get out of bed, wash up, and get dressed. "We're already divorced. Why do I have to head over for lunch?" she grumbled. When Corey called to let her know he had arrived, she went downstairs. After getting into the car, Kathleen was absent-minded. For some reason, she was nervous to see Shawn. "Mrs. Vance..." Kathleen turned to Corey. "I don't go by that anymore. Just call me Kathleen." "Ms. Silva, how's your friend?" "Huh? Oh. Do you mean Chelsey? She's doing quite well." Kathleen said, "Thank you so much for helping her out before." "It's no trouble at all." Kathleen was too distracted to think of anything else, being as uneasy as she was. Previously, she