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Big Little Lies Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Madeline and Ed sit in bed together, talking about the day that's just passed.
First they talk about Jane.
She's damaged, says Ed. Just like Celeste.
What does Celeste have to be sad about, wonders Madeline.
Now she starts thinking about Abigail, and how Abigail seems to love her dad Nathan and her step-mother Bonnie more than she loves Madeline.
Madeline remembers when it was just her and Abigail, the Mackenzie girls, living together after Nathan left them.
At the time, she believed that Abigail would never love or trust Nathan, not after he skipped town to go hang out in Bali with a trashy hairdresser.
But now, Abigail loves Nathan. Nathan has a pretty young wife. Nathan has a do-over young daughter.
To Madeline, it seems like Nathan has…won.

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