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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 curtis sons as her own. everything was working. but darker souls wait for the train wreck just when things are looking all hunky-dory. turned o
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 wit
they wanted to be in the neighborhood, and they wanted to be close by, and that just made it all the better. so we found them a house, and they moved back. virtually over the fence, huh? over the backyard two houses up and one over, yeah. reporter: curtis ambitions drove the young couple. he became a prosecutor in the adams county state attorney s office, and dabbled in school board politics, winning a seat, and serving as president. he even found time to teach a business law class at quincy university. in between the professional milestones, the lovelaces started a family: first a girl, lyndsay, then three boys. cory juggled that part of their lives. how was your cory as a mother? she s a young mom. fantastic. she was a great mom. there wasn t anything she didn t do for those kids. reporter: cory s days were filled with diapers, play dates and tantrums, but even then, this great mom never forgot how to be a good daughter. in early 2006 her dad, john, was
family in. yeah, i did. after you seen of the nightmare of erica, now christine seems okay to you. she is certainly making an effort to reach out to you, right in. i thought our family deserved happiness at that point after everything we had been through, i was hoping it all panned out okay. it did go okay, christine kept the lovelaces off like a train schedule. christine, meanwhile, put on her baker s apron. i opened a natural pie show. i was making 100 pies a week. i was selling out of pies before 9:00 in the morning. so this wasn t a hobby to keep you bes in. no. this was a going concern. yes, absolutely. what s your go-to pie in. i like blueberry, i make a mean gooseberry, you name it, kip do it. after years of turmoil, it seemed the lovelaces were in true form. christine adopted curtis sons