Carrie smiled and nodded. “Yes, we’re quite close and my in-laws are busy with work, and so is my husband. I’m the only one who has free time on my hands, so naturally, the responsibility for her care has fallen to me. She’s really clingy and is closer to me than to my mother-in-law.”

“That’s why I have to drop her off and pick her up every day. She refuses to let the driver or the nanny do it.”

Carrie realized she was getting better at making things up.

Besides, all she needed to do was turn