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Bloomfield touched Montag’s hand. “Go on, Lissy.”
Her finger landed at the bottom of the first sheet. Her eyes moved back and forth.
Sighing, she said, “We became friends, a group. Me, Tyler, and Forrest. We went out for Mexican food, which we all liked. We all liked margaritas so we tried different places for margaritas. We liked Italian so we tried that, even though Tyler was a fitness guy he was pretty normal in his eating. We hung out. Then…”
Shaking. “Then…then Forrest and I became more than friends. We…got close. We…started making love. We fell in love. He was divorced from his second wife, came to the desert because he was lonely and wanted to start over and I had broke up with a loser boyfriend so we started a relationship.”
The shaking got worse. She slapped the paper down. “I can’t do this.”
Al Bloomfield said, “Easy and slow, dear.”
I said, “You had a relationship with Tyler at the same time as Slope.”
Montag stared at me.
Bloomfield’s smile turned sour. “Psychology.” Still showing off his bridgework but his voice had steeled.
I said, “Am I wrong?”
“Yes!” said Montag.
Milo said, “You and Tyler were just friends.”
“Yes. No. It’s…I don’t know what to say.”
Bloomfield said, “Why don’t you just read, dear.”
“I don’t want to read,” she said. “I just want to speak truth to power. I just want…”
Her shoulders dropped. “Okay, yes, Tyler and I slept together. Before and later. But only a little.”
Milo said, “Before you met Forrest and afterward.”
“I never cheated on Forrest,” she said.
“Forrest knew.”
“No, no, he didn’t, and there was really nothing, with Tyler it was just fu— just sex, Tyler never had my heart, never once. Forrest had my heart. He was older, he knew how to treat a woman. He was…nice.”
“Tyler wasn’t.”
“Tyler just wanted to jump my bones.”
“No emotional attachment,” I said.
“Exactly.”
“Did Tyler get jealous?”
“No! That was me,Idid!”
Milo and I looked at each other.
Al Bloomfield pointed to the paper. “It’s all in here, gentlemen. We took time and pains to be accurate so I suggest she reads and you listen.”
Milo said, “Sure, if she wants to.”
“Lisette? Please. For your sake. Talk truth to power.”
