Chapter 27

Lisa seemed to have read my thoughts. "Where to? I'll go with you, or…" "You could tidy up my house with me," I interrupted Lisa. She looked at me in surprise. "You… Did you already have everything planned?" "Yes, but I only planned it two days ago." I poked the backseat with my finger, where I had some bedding that I hadn't bought yet. "I bought it with Jewel yesterday," I added. Lisa looked horrified with curiosity clearly written in her eyes. On the way to my place, I told Lisa the whole story. She nodded vigorously in anger. "It's right of you not to marry him. Chris is just a whole other level of a scumbag who wants to have it all." "Scumbags are scumbags. There are no different levels," I replied back jokingly with a smile. Lisa looked at me. "Maddie, you don't have to force a smile in front of me if you're sad." "I'm not sad, really," I said, looking at the road ahead. "Maybe my feelings for him were like his for me. We're so familiar with each other that there's ju