i liked that she cared a lot about the boys. >> did you think maybe this could be the restoration of the family? >> yeah, i did. >> after the nightmare, as you see it, of erika? now, here's christine who seems okay to you? >> i felt -- >> she's certainly making an effort to reach out to you, right? >> yeah. and i felt like our family deserved happiness at that point, after everything we had been through. so i was hoping that it would all pan out okay. >> reporter: and it did go okay. christine kept all the lovelaces running like a swiss train schedule. kids off to school, while curtis worked at his own law practice in downtown quincy. christine, meanwhile, put on her baker's apron. >> i opened an actual pie shop. i was making a hundred pies a week and i was selling out of pies before 9:00 in the morning. by all accounts, it was -- >> so this wasn't just a little hobby to keep you busy. >> no. >> this was a going concern, huh? >> yes. absolutely. >> what's your go-to pie? >> i love blueberry. >> i'm with you. >> but i make a mean gooseberry. you name it, i can probably do it. >> reporter: after years of turmoil, it seemed, the lovelaces were reborn. lyndsay was back in the family fold. christine had even adopted