Just from what I remember, Van and Lillian never interacted that much. An interesting tidbit---when Dinah first popped into town (before she knew Van and Ross were her parents) Dinah and Lillian were close. I believe Lillian had taken her in (Dinah believed herself an orphan, I think, and her guardians were with a carnival) around the time Beth went missing and was believed dead. Lillian's sister Calla was dating Ross, realized that Dinah was Ross and Van's daughter, and tried to keep them from finding out who their daughter was.
I'm not sure that was ever brought up when Moniz assumed the role.
Van and Lillian were also tangentially connected through Mindy (Van's stepdaughter) and Beth being besties for years.
The sticking point is Maureen. When Vanessa came back to town in '89, she and Maureen became close. Their kids (Bill and Michelle) are friends, Van kind of leans on Maureen in trying to deal with Billy's drinking, and they wind up working together at Spaulding. Mo is also there for her when she presses attempted rape charges against a client. Mo even manages to be both a supporter of Van/Fletch, while holding out some kind of truth about the chem still existing with Van and Billy. (There's a hilarious scene between them where they get sloshed and smack talk Nadine like real buds would do. )
When Mo died, Van is one of the few who knew about the Ed/Lillian affair. Lillian skips the church service, but shows up at Ed's afterwards, but is reluctant to go in. Van finds her outside and rips her a new piehole, telling her to get her ass inside and play the devoted friend of Mo's that everyone believed her to be. It's not about Van trying to humiliate Lillian, but about her wanting to keep the day focused on Maureen, not letting gossip start wondering why Lil was MIA.
After that, I don't think they really interacted outside of Lillian's duties as nurse.
So it just seems weird to me that Van would take Lillian into her confidence on any level.
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