Bethany calls Lynette

Bethany: Good morning. Hi Lynette. Do you have a second? I’d like to talk to you about a couple things that have been on my mind.

Lynette: Well, I’m just having my morning tea, but sure.

Bethany: Okay, well listen, I don’t appreciate you calling to check on my husband to make sure that he made it home okay from Montana, since you know he’s my husband and not yours.

Lynette: Okay, it’s a great way to start a day. Well Bethany, he is the father of my son. He is part of my family and it is a common courtesy and respect to check that your family made it home safely.

Bethany: Yeah, but Lynette, you know it’s easy to just send him a text or check the Delta app to see the flight.

Lynette: You know, he’s my husband, and with everything that happened between me and you in Montana, I’d appreciate you not just butting in any more than you need to.

Bethany: Well, I appreciate that comment. However, you do not get to tell me how to communicate with anybody.

Lynette: Well, no, I do. I made sure he was safe and that was that. He’s a grown man, not a little child. If you really need to keep tabs on him, you can do that through the app or a text message.

Bethany: Okay, that’s the easiest thing. Just like if you were married to someone I knew, I wouldn’t be calling your husband. It’s just a respect thing.

Lynette: Absolutely, you wouldn’t because you would have no reason to. But again Bethany, you do not get to tell me how to communicate. This is where we had the problem. I was hoping that maybe lessons could be learned here.

Bethany: I’ve learned one, but I see you haven’t.

Lynette: Bethany, you cannot go around disrespecting people and using racial slurs. It’s not okay.

Bethany: Okay, it’s not okay.

Lynette: Hopefully this conversation will go further with you today, but I’m going to communicate with Larry. We have a child together and we have to communicate, and that communication does not need to go through you.

Bethany: Okay, brings me to my next point. Just so you know, what happened between us is not over and you’ll be hearing from the police because I am pressing charges.

Lynette: So be it, Bethany. Again, as long as I get a point across that you cannot walk around disrespecting and throwing racial slurs at people, I’ve made my point.

Bethany: So it’s about making a point. I can talk to anybody the way I want. It’s freedom of speech.

Lynette: You have people thinking that you’re the victim here when, in hindsight, you were behind the scenes, poking at me the whole time.

Bethany: Absolutely not.

Lynette: No, no. The whole time, absolutely. You were.

Bethany: What do you call talking to my son behind my back? That was disrespecting me. You did that deliberately.

Lynette: I want to give you credit — you are a smart woman. You knew what you were doing.

Bethany: Freedom of speech.

Lynette: Freedom of speech. You’re right, freedom of speech.

Bethany: But I was outnumbered when I was at your so-called family’s home and you decided to put your hands on me like a rabid animal when I didn’t put my hands on you at all.

Lynette: So once again, no, we’re not in junior high.

Bethany: We are not in junior high. I’m not gonna tolerate that from you.

Lynette: It’s not junior high. We’re adults now. I want to have this conversation the right way, Bethany.

Bethany: No, I’m calling as a courtesy to let you know.

Lynette: Back to your threat about pressing charges, you do what you need to do. Being in Montana had nothing to do with what happened here.

Bethany: You’re right, it didn’t.

Lynette: Nobody but me is accountable for their actions.

Bethany: You are.

Lynette: Well, OK, Bethany. I’ll be home later this month if you want to call the cops and let them know.

Bethany: I’ll do what I need to do.

Lynette: All right. Have a blessed one. But you have a great day. Done with that.