Livia’s POV
My mood has officially lifted. Not enough to be perfectly normal, but just enough to be gossiping with Nadine as we both go downstairs and get busy in the kitchen.
“So they’re over for real?” I ask, just to be sure.
“Yeah,” Nadine says with an eager nod, helping me put down hash browns on the pan. “I don’t think they’re ever gonna get back together. Dad never really seemed all that interested in her, to be honest.”
I almost drop my spatula. “Huh? He seemed plenty interested in Madeline to me.”
She shrugs. “She’s always the one trying to show up and insert herself in situations she shouldn’t be in. They did take a break very early on, right when things started to happen with you and your family. That’s why we were both shocked when she showed up here unannounced.”
I can’t
