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Big Little Lies Chapter 55

By Liane Moriarty

Chapter 55

Madeline's at work, and she has to make a work-related phone call.
Except, of course, given Pirriwee's size, nothing is only work-related.
Madeline calls Lorraine, who also has a kiddo in Chloe's class, and whose husband hangs out with Ed.
It's all pretty claustrophobic.
Anyway, Lorraine has some juicy gossip.
Apparently, Renata's husband, Geoff, is fooling around with the nanny.
How cliché.
Madeline has some seriously mixed emotions. On the one hand: good. Renata's making Jane's life a living hell and hasn't been too nice to Madeline, either.
On the other hand? No one deserves to be dumped for a younger woman. Madeline feels that especially hard.
In any case, Lorraine wants to talk about something else: Abigail's charity project.
Madeline shrugs that off, saying that Abigail is probably just doing a raffle or something.
Hmm, says Lorraine. Maybe not? The teenage girls in Abigail's orbit seem to think it's something a little more daring than that.
Maybe, suggests Lorraine, Madeline should check on that.
Madeline texts Abigail and, as she's waiting for a reply, Nathan calls. "Don't get upset," he says.Uh-oh.