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Big Little Lies Chapter 30

By Liane Moriarty

Chapter 30

Madeline is actually really happy to come to the rescue, because she feels like her own home life is spiraling out of control.
Nothing is wrong, per se, but she's really upset about Abigail moving in with her father and Bonnie.
So it's nice to play the put-together hero.
It's going to be easy enough to put together the family tree, but there's one small hitch: Ziggy wants to know the name of his dad.
He starts getting worked up, and so does Jane.
Luckily, Madeline is in put-together mode, and whisks Ziggy off for a bedtime story. The family tree is almost complete.
When she comes back, Jane has finished gluing on the photos.
She admits to Madeline that she does know Ziggy's dad's name.
He's called Saxon Banks. And, she adds, he wasn't very nice.
The way she says it makes it clear that that's an understatement.
"What did that bastard do to you?" asks Madeline.