hours, I can’t talk.”
Finally, the tide started to turn. I started to see the light.
But it wasn’t because of anything physically abusive he did
to me. More abuse did come, but the last straw was
something very different.
One night, we were driving away from the Laugh
Factory, and he got a text message. His phone was in the
center console, and it popped up on the screen.
Lisa: “Why you be lying?”
I saw that and I knew. Before I even knew, I knew.
Tiffany: “Who is Lisa?”
Ex-Husband: “What are you talking about? You’re
seeing things.”
Tiffany: “No. No. No. Who is Lisa, and why does she
say you’ve been lying?”
Ex-Husband: “You tripping. You seeing things.
Something wrong with your eyes.”
Tiffany: “Oh, now I’m blind?”
Ex-Husband: “You know you can’t read.”
Tiffany: “No, I can read now, and this says Lisa: ‘Why
you be lying?’ ”