Chapter 800

"Nothing," Lisa said, tucking her phone away. I knew it was actually the opposite but let it go since she didn't want to get into it. It probably had something to do with Keith. It was normal to struggle with letting go, just like Chris and me. We'd been apart for a while, and I'd even started seeing someone new, but we were still connected in some ways. It wasn't about love anymore, but those other connections always seemed to keep us tied together. Soon, Bree found out I was pregnant and showed up with a bunch of health supplements. "This is amazing, Maddie. You're going to be a mom. The hospital isn't the best place, and the food is awful. You should come home, and I'll take care of you." Her joy was so genuine and overflowing that anyone might have thought my baby was somehow tied to the Gildons. She was happy for me because, even though I wasn't the daughter-in-law she had hoped for, I was still the one she'd raised. The Gildons were behind Mom and Dad's deaths, but I cou