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Big Little Lies Chapter 50

By Liane Moriarty

Chapter 50

Jane's on listening duty: she gets to sit out on the playground and listen to kids read out loud.
It's actually pretty adorable. And it's sunny and there are pillows and blankets.
She finishes hearing Max read about monkey birthdays (cute!) and waits for the next kiddo.
The next kid is…Amabella.
This girl is seriously gifted and talented; she reads the hardest book in kindergarten with ease.
But Jane can only think about asking her about Ziggy.
Finally, she does.
Amabella starts immediately sobbing and says, "It wasn't…"
Jane jumps in. It wasn't Ziggy who assaulted her? She needs to know!
But Amabella is crying too hard to answer.
Enter Harper, who is Renata's wingman and basically the queen of the Blond Bobs.
She storms up to Amabella, totally ignoring Jane.
Harper leads the crying Amabella away, and Jane gets mad.
She confronts Harper directly about the petition.
Harper turns around and says that Jane, like her son, is bullying Amabella.
That does it. Jane, totally aggravated, yells at Harper and kicks at the ground.
According to Harper, this is Jane kicking her.
It's some drama, all right.