Here’s the truth behind Karen E. Laine’s “Good Bones” retirement.
I’m building an empire.'
And she’s like, ‘Well, yeah, let’s slow down, girl.

You’re going too fast.
You’re doing too much.'"
Seems like Laine made the right call, and Hawk agrees.

And Laine seems to be enjoying her partial retirement immensely.
“She’s feeling like she has time,” her daughter explained.
So, she’s getting to do that and is getting to travel."

But Laine isn’t completely gone from “Good Bones.”
“We had periods where we weren’t close and didn’t really talk much.
And then we had periods where we were probably dysfunctionally close.
And then you settle somewhere in between there.”
Fans might be worried that Laine’s retirement will strain that relationship but they shouldn’t.
“I think with her semi-retirement it’s helped us get a little bit of perspective.