“Who do you think Heart will call to the stand now?” Melody brought Yiftach back to reality, detaching him from the malicious thoughts he was again harboring. “Who do you think he has saved for last?”
“Anthony and Cleopatra perhaps?”
She chewed on her lower lip as she answered, “No, that’s not plausible. That ended in tragedy. It doesn’t serve his line of defense. I’ll bet it’s Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.”
“Maybe, or maybe Scarlet O’Hara and Rett Butler?”
“Maybe, or maybe Oliver Barrett and Jennifer Cavilleri?”
“Maybe,” said Heart who was standing silently behind them like a cunning wildcat, “but I believe that their story didn’t end well either.” He began taking out several binders from his case with annoying dispassion and, when the three judges entered the courtroom, he was given permission to call the last two witnesses for the defense. His witnesses were a man and a woman lacking any affectations who appeared to be ordinary people, unremarkable in any way, just seemingly simple human beings (who weren’t simple by any means).
“What is your name?” Heart asked the man, getting straight to the point and leaving Yiftach no time to prepare for cross-examination.
“A Guy,” he answered immediately.
“And your last name?”
“Just.”
“Just?”
He seemed to be apologizing. “Just…”
“And you, my dear, what is your name?” he asked the woman with affected kindness.
“A Gal.”
“Whatever… and your family name?”
“Just.”
“You too are ‘Just?’”
“Of course, we’re married, you see.”
“Hmmm…” Heart bit his lip furtively, “in that case, if I may, you’re—‘Just, A Guy,’ and you’re—‘Just, A Gal!’”
“You could say that…” she answered.
“So you’re not famous?”
“No…”
“In other words, you aren’t known?”
The shook their heads from side to side.
“Meaning, your life story does not appear in any history books?” he wanted to confirm what he already knew.
“Not that we know of,” Just, A Guy replied.
“Nice… nice… and I presume that the two of you love each other, yes?”
“Yes,” they answered almost simultaneously.
“Wonderful… wonderful… please, don’t be shy, just tell us how you fell in love with one another.”
Just, A Gal was the first to respond. “There are many who believe that love is a feeling created magically, in a flash, when one’s ‘soulmate’ suddenly appears. So it isn’t at all surprising that so many people remain alone and without love.”
