Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies Prompt #13, Chapter #17

In this chapter, the attorney calls Lucy at her hotel and tells her the cops are looking for him and not to call to prevent to cops from looking for her as well. This is a blatant lie. The attorney realizes what he did was wrong and is now realizing the consequences. Nothing good will come out of the situation, so the men must lie to her so she can forget about them and leave them alone. "I have to leave here right away. That bastard cashed a bad check downstairs and gave you as a reference, so they'll be looking for both of you... yeah, I know, but you can't judge a book by its cover, Lucy; some people are just basically rotten... anyway, the last thinkg in the world you want to do is call this hotel again; they'll trace the call and put you straight behind bars..." (Thompson 130) Not only does the attorney lie to Lucy about what is going on, but he blames it on the narrator who has done nothing. The choices made by the attorney the past few chapters have just been appalling. It's hard to give advice to a drugged out attorney. You can't say don't do anything illegal because he has been the whole time. Instead, I would just say use better judgement. Think again before you drug and take advantage of a minor. But then again, thinking straight probably wasn't very easy for the man.