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.

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

even afraid to go home. There were moments I thought about dying, too, just

telling me they would be my new family,

like lifelines to me, and I clung to them, believing that

we first met. In hindsight, it probably

that time, I saw his smile as

and that you can live

shoulders

to feel

my shoulders tightened. I could tell she was

kind of TV show where you can

to free yourself from Chris and make him snap out

lowered my gaze, and she continued, "Brandon would

Definitely not him." I

be my boyfriend, he