“No,” Joe said.
“In fact, you confronted her, didn’t you?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
Joe’s nostrils flared. “I was made aware that Katy and Tom had been seen together in a compromising position. I asked Katy about it. She didn’t deny it.”
“Did you file for divorce right away?”
“Pretty much. Yes.”
“Did you argue?”
“Of course.”
“Would you describe your divorce from Katy as contentious?”
“Yes.”
“Your Honor,” Jeanie said. “The circumstances of the break-up of Joe and Katy Leary’s marriage isn’t in dispute. It’s also not relevant to the issues in this case.”
“Mrs. Loomis’s state of mind is very much relevant.”
“Her state of mind regarding the events surrounding her husband’s murder,” Jeanie said. “Joe Leary is not on trial. His marriage to Katy isn’t on trial either.”
“Sustained. Let’s move on, Mr. Quick.”
“Fine,” Addison said. “Mr. Leary, isn’t it true you also had a confrontation with Tom Loomis after you learned of his affair with your wife?”
“We had words, yes.”
“More than words though. You got into a bar fight, didn’t you? A police report was filed. You hit Tom Loomis, didn’t you?”
“It was a private matter,” he said. “Nobody was charged. Tom took a swing at me. He missed. He tried to start the fight and I finished it.”
“I see. When was this?”
“Almost three years ago,” Joe said.
“So you and Katy divorced. Then she married Tom. Was that the end of your relationship with Katy?”
“No,” he said. “Our relationship can’t end. Ever. We have a daughter together. Katy is the only mother Emma has ever had. But, for a while after she married Tom, we weren’t on speaking terms, if that’s what you mean.”
“That is what I mean,” Addison said. “But that changed, didn’t it? In fact, you and Katy rekindled your romance, didn’t you?”
Joe’s face turned to stone. At that moment, I didn’t know who he was more angry with: Addison Quick for asking the question, or Katy for making him have to.
“I don’t think I’d call it a romance, no.”
Quick snickered. “What would you call it?”
“We weren’t getting back together. But yes. For a brief period last year, Katy and I had … we became physical again.”
“Physical. What exactly do you mean?”
If Joe could shoot fire out of his eyes, Addison Quick would have turned to ash.
