Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 129

It wasn't until Lisa handed me the freshly brewed coffee that she finally said," Chris is such a jerk. I never realized how awful he was until he showed his true colors."

I took a couple of sips of the coffee. "Turns out, he was just pitying me."

Even though Chris and I had broken up the great memories of our past still lingered in my heart. But today, his words shattered the fragile facade around those cherished moments.

Lisa gently squeezed my shoulder. "It's not too late to see him for what he really is."

I stayed silent.

Lisa nudged me. "Do you want to get back at him?"

"What?" I felt utterly defeated.

Chris' words had ripped open oft wounds, exposing the most painful part of my life.

one thing. After the car accident, when my parents lay in the cold morgue, I was left alone in the world. I had

to go home. There were moments I thought about dying, too, just so I could be

Zack and Bree appeared and hugged me, telling me they would be my new family, I finally stopped being

to me, and I clung to them, believing that the world still had love for

we first met. In hindsight, it probably wasn't kindness but mockery,

I saw his

start dating someone or even get married. Show Chris you're serious and that you can live perfectly fine without him. Make him realize that you're not dependent on him."

shoulders to face

him need to feel the heat before they

my shoulders tightened. I could tell she was

kind of TV show where you

to free yourself from Chris and make him snap out of it," Lisa encouraged

my gaze, and she continued, "Brandon would be perfect for

not him." I shook

I asked him to pretend to be my