Chapter 119 Three Oaks—Part 5

• "Is everything okay at home and at work?" Dr Sawyer forged on with her fact-finding mission as she checked the reading on the machine before going through the motions again. She clearly wasn't happy with the first reading. "Are you under a lot of stress?"
• "Not really," Marybeth lied. She didn't want to get into her messy life with her. After all, she barely knew her. But Austin had no problem airing their dirty laundry—or some of it, at least. He was quick to rat her out, announcing, "yeah, she's been under a lot of stress lately."
• "Is that so?" Dr Sawyer turned her curious gaze on him but directed her question at Marybeth, "What's keeping you awake at night, Mrs Hawthorne?"