Growing voice of insecurity

"Oh, so now I have to take an appointment to meet you and speak with you about your welfare, is it? And don't try and give me this 'helping the friend' story. Apart from that weird guy, Michael, you don't really have any friends," her mother pressed her lips into a thin line of displeasure.

Due to the events which occurred seven years ago, her mother had turned from a mild tempered, pleasant woman to an insecure, bitter soul. It was as if all the unfairness of the past had culminated and merged into this one incident which had caused her to become like this.

Sam blamed herself fully for this change and as a result, was always tip toeing around her mother rather than giving her the facts upfront. Irene completely disliked Sam's current way of living, where she chose to engage in meaningless, 'only for pleasure' kind of short term relationships.