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.

accident, when my parents lay in the cold morgue, I was left alone in the

I thought about dying, too, just so I could be with my parents

and hugged me, telling me they would be my

to them, believing that the world still had

we first met. In

at that time, I saw his smile as a beacon of

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

shoulders to face

him need to feel the heat

tightened. I could tell

"You think this is some kind of TV show where you can just start dating on

the only way to free yourself from Chris and make him

she continued, "Brandon would

not him." I

be my boyfriend,