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Big Little Lies Chapter 77

By Liane Moriarty

Chapter 77

The chapter begins with a whole lot of ifs.
If Perry hadn't been so tall…
If the balcony railing had been higher…
If it hadn't been raining…
But the fact of the matter is: Bonnie pushes Perry, and he falls off the balcony.
It's, um, not looking too good for him.
Bonnie is crouched, quietly going nuts. She knows what happened.
But the other women, led by Renata, know what to do: say they didn't see him fall. They all claim that they were looking the other way.
It's very, very clever.
And the thing is, there is a ruckus going on inside. People are drunkity-drunk-drunk and brawling, about the French nanny, and because of weird, tipsy, perceived insults. It's madness.
In fact, Madeline and Jane get forced apart by a couple of Elvises who come crashing outside, knocking over Jane and seriously hurting her shoulder.