Lisa Montgomery Character Analysis in Concrete Rose

Lisa is Maverick’s girlfriend, though she breaks up with him when she discovers that Seven is Maverick’s son. Like Maverick, she’s 17; but unlike Maverick, she attends a private Catholic school across town. Lisa is a basketball player and is very involved with extracurriculars at her school. Her goal is to attend college, become a pediatrician, and escape Garden Heights. When she learns about Seven, Lisa feels like Maverick lied to her. She prizes honesty and loyalty, and though she and Maverick were temporarily broken up when Maverick slept with Iesha and conceived Seven, she nevertheless sees this as a major transgression. She refuses all of Maverick’s attempts to win her back and goes so far as to block his phone number. So it’s confusing for Maverick when, on the day of Dre’s funeral, Lisa takes Maverick back to her house to have unprotected sex—and then when she goes right back to ignoring him. Lisa returns to Maverick’s life when, right before Thanksgiving, she discovers that she’s pregnant with Maverick’s baby. She decides she’d like to have the baby and raise it herself, and she resents Maverick briefly for assuming that she’d choose to terminate the pregnancy. She also finds herself at odds with her mother, Ms. Montgomery, when Ms. Montgomery kicks Lisa out of the house after she discovers Lisa is pregnant. Though she allows Maverick to accompany her to prenatal appointments and accepts his support, she also insists that they’re never going to be romantically involved again. She finds it insulting when Maverick goes to great lengths—such as organizing a surprise tour of her first-choice college—and is willing to admit that he’s doing these things in part to try to win her back. At the end of the novel, after Lisa and Maverick discover that they’re having a girl, Lisa seems somewhat more open to getting romantically involved with Maverick again.

Lisa Montgomery Quotes in Concrete Rose

The Concrete Rose quotes below are all either spoken by Lisa Montgomery or refer to Lisa Montgomery. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

I’m feeling bold as hell, and things I’ve been scared to say suddenly not so scary. “You left us. Got Ma busting her ass to take care of me and put money on your books. I had to join a gang ‘cause of you. You can’t come at either of us.”

“What I did ain’t got shit to do with the fact you keep knocking girls up.”

“Yeah, a’ight, I made some bad decisions,” I admit. “I’m gon’ be there for my kids. Unlike you.”

He can’t say nothing, like I thought.

Related Characters: Maverick Carter (speaker), Pops (speaker), Ma, Lisa Montgomery, King Jr./Li’l Man/Seven

Page Number and Citation: 205

Explanation and Analysis:

When Ma, Maverick, and Seven go to visit Pops in prison, Pops gets upset with both Ma and Maverick when he learns that Lisa and Maverick are expecting a baby. So, when Pops accuses Maverick of not thinking and of abandoning his family, Maverick decides he can’t take the hypocrisy anymore. Here, the novel begins to show the damage that families suffer when people sell drugs—and particularly when they go to prison for selling drugs. Pops sees himself as still playing an important parental role in Maverick’s life. As he sees it, he’s still well within his rights as a Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam.

It kinda peeve me how life set up. Here I am, tryna make money to keep my momma’s lights on. Meanwhile, some rich brat might hit me up tomorrow, offering to spend a couple hundred for an “experience.” He never think what that money mean to somebody like me. Then who gotta watch out for the cops? Not him. I’m the one who gotta glance over my shoulder 24-7.

Related Characters: Maverick Carter (speaker), Pops, Ma, Lisa Montgomery

Page Number and Citation: 248

Explanation and Analysis:

As Maverick waits outside Lisa’s Catholic school so he can pick her up and head back to Garden Heights, he sells drugs to rich students at the school. To Maverick, the differences between him and the rich kids he sells to are massive and impossible to ignore. For Maverick, selling drugs means the difference between having food, electricity, and a place to live. It’s essential that he continue to sell because, in his experience, selling drugs is the only way to make enough money to actually stay afloat in Garden Heights. Given the limited economic opportunities in the Garden, dealing Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a

“No offense, Mr. Wyatt, but your nephew seem like a nerd. As for Carlos, his momma kept him and Lisa in the house. Of course they didn’t need protection. Anyway, I’m Li’l Don. Everybody expected me to join.”

“Because the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree?” Mr. Wyatt asks. “However, it can roll away from the tree. It simply need a little push.”

Related Characters: Maverick Carter (speaker), Mr. Wyatt (speaker), Carlos Montgomery, Pops, Jamal, Lisa Montgomery

Page Number and Citation: 263

Explanation and Analysis:

One afternoon in the store, Mr. Wyatt tries to get Maverick to think about his future; they’re discussing whether it was actually necessary for Maverick to join the King Lords gang. Mr. Wyatt has just pointed out that Carlos and his nephew, Jamal, aren’t in gangs and are doing just fine. Maverick makes it clear that while Mr. Wyatt might be right that Carlos and Jamal are leading very different lives from other young men in Garden Heights, their trajectories aren’t something that every young man can aspire to. Maverick writes off Jamal altogether when he calls him a “nerd”; Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate et. Voluptas suscipit alias. In et eveniet. Eaque et repellendus. Dolores aut voluptatibus. Voluptatem qui voluptatum. Voluptatibus sed placeat. Aut tenetur autem. Fugit voluptates in. Quidem impedit sunt. Excepturi ullam nobis. Ducimus odio quo. Ut autem harum. Omnis vel voluptatum. Assumenda officia maiores. Voluptatem sint velit. Quod quia sapiente. Cum sunt quo. Accusamus veritatis volu

“Word around the school is that you’ve had some life-changing developments this year,” he says.

I wait for the look. I swear, when grown folks know I got two kids, I see myself become trash in their eyes. It’s like they see my babies as trash, too, just ‘cause I made them so young. Hell nah.

Related Characters: Mr. Clayton (speaker), Maverick Carter (speaker), King Jr./Li’l Man/Seven, Lisa Montgomery, Granny

Page Number and Citation: 271-72

Explanation and Analysis:

When Maverick goes to Mr. Clayton’s office to talk about his future (that is, life after high school), he initially bristles when Mr. Clayton implies that he’s heard about Maverick’s son and future child. For Maverick, this is extremely uncomfortable. Even though people in his life like his Granny have previously suggested that it’s not unexpected for a young man like Maverick to have a baby at a young age, Maverick shows here that he still encounters people who think less of him for it. And experiencing this kind of prejudice makes Maverick less open to what Mr. Clayton goes Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus pos

Lisa stare at me real hard. “You’re selling drugs with King again, aren’t you?”

I sigh. “Man, look—”

“You know what? Don’t answer that,” she says. “Do whatever you want, Maverick. Me and my baby will be all right.”

“There you go, acting like I won’t be around.”

“Because you won’t!” Lisa says. “I make plans, knowing that. My baby needs one of us to think about the future.”

She don’t get it. She really don’t get it.

Related Characters: Lisa Montgomery (speaker), Maverick Carter (speaker), Mr. Wyatt, King Jr./Li’l Man/Seven, Pops, Shawn, Dre

Page Number and Citation: 306

Explanation and Analysis:

Maverick and Lisa are on their way home from touring Markham, the college Lisa wants to attend. Maverick is still trying to win Lisa over with grand gestures, but Lisa isn’t convinced—especially when she ascertains that Maverick is still selling drugs. Though Maverick seemed to really enjoy his job with Mr. Wyatt and even seems like he’d like to continue with it, he doesn’t see legal employment as the best way for him to make money to support his family. Lisa implies that she wants Maverick to be thinking about legal employment, rather than selling drugs illegally. But Lisa is Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto vo

But when it comes to the streets, there’s rules.

Nobody will ever write them down, and you’ll never find them in a book. It’s stuff you need in order to survive the moment your momma let you out the house. Kinda like how you gotta breathe even when it’s hard to.

If there was a book, the most important section would be on family, and the first rule would be:

When somebody kills your family, you kill them.

Related Characters: Maverick Carter (speaker), Red, Dre, Lisa Montgomery, Ma, Pops, King Jr./Li’l Man/Seven

Page Number and Citation: 323-24

Explanation and Analysis:

As Maverick prepares to kill Red to avenge Dre’s death, he explains for the reader why he has to murder Red. Doing so, he notes, is necessary according to the rules that guide life on the street. Maverick explains that these rules are something that everyone in Garden Heights is aware of. They’re the rules that dictate how they move through the world as to keep themselves safe. On its own, this suggests that life in Garden Heights is dangerous—to require rules like this implies that survival isn’t guaranteed. Then, it’s significant that Maverick insists that the most important section Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate

“Why didn’t you do it?”

“I thought of my kids, my momma, and…and you. What it would do to y’all if I got caught or killed.” I close my eyes. Tears slip outta them. “I’m such a fucking coward.”

“No,” Lisa murmurs. “You sound like a man to me.”

I look at her. “How? That fool murdered Dre, Lisa. And what I do? I let him run away. What kinda justice is that?”

“It wouldn’t have been justice if you threw your life away to kill him.”

I almost laugh. “My life ain’t worth much. I just didn’t wanna put my babies through that. I know what it’s like to not have a father around.”

Related Characters: Lisa Montgomery (speaker), Maverick Carter (speaker), King Jr./Li’l Man/Seven, Pops, Red, Ma

Page Number and Citation: 329

Explanation and Analysis:

After explaining to Lisa that he couldn’t bring himself to shoot and kill Red, Maverick tries to articulate why he made this choice. Everything Maverick says shows how deeply he cares for his family. He wants to be able to support them—and he recognizes that if he were to shoot Red, he’d be at an increased risk of being arrested or shot himself. After all, he implies that everyone in Garden Heights plays by the same rules. So, one of Red’s family members would, presumably, take it as their duty to murder Maverick to avenge Red’s death. This, Maverick realizes, Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate et. Voluptas suscipit alias. In et eveniet. Eaque et repellendus. Dolores aut voluptatibus. Voluptatem qui voluptatum. Voluptatibus sed placeat. Aut tenetur autem. Fugit voluptates in. Quidem impedit sunt. Excepturi ullam nobis. Ducimus odio quo. Ut autem harum. Omnis vel voluptatum. Assumenda officia maiores. Voluptatem sint velit. Quod quia sapiente. Cum sunt quo. Accusamus veritatis volup

Lisa Montgomery Character Timeline in Concrete Rose

The timeline below shows where the character Lisa Montgomery appears in Concrete Rose. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...girl is your girlfriend. That’s what’s happening to Maverick and King now. Though Maverick’s girlfriend Lisa cheers for him, he and King haven’t scored a single point, while Shawn and Maverick’s... (full context)

Maverick returns to Lisa, who teases him about needing to practice. She plays basketball at school, and she’s better... (full context)

Lisa reminds Maverick that next year, they’ll be partying in college. Maverick pulls a gold and... (full context)

...a girl, Iesha, but they’re not really together. About a year ago, when Maverick and Lisa were temporarily broken up, King suggested Maverick take his mind off things by having sex... (full context)

Smirking, Iesha asks how Lisa will feel about that. She insists that Lisa will break up with Maverick if the... (full context)

...to be able to go to the party tonight. Juggling Li’l Man, Maverick calls up Lisa and tells her that Ma wants him to stay home all weekend and take care... (full context)

...laughs and says it’ll be bad for a while. He asks if Maverick has told Lisa yet, but Maverick hasn’t, and he scoffs at the suggestion that Lisa will find out... (full context)

...he, Dre, and Li’l Man leave the store, they run into Ms. Rosalie and Tammy, Lisa’s best friend. Maverick realizes Dre is right: he has to tell Lisa before someone else... (full context)

Dre drops Maverick off at Lisa’s house and agrees to take Li’l Man for a drive to help him nap. Lisa’s... (full context)

Lisa suggests that Maverick join some clubs at his school, but Maverick says that college might... (full context)

Lisa sinks to the floor and accuses Maverick of lying to her—she’s been asking for weeks... (full context)

Lisa refuses to speak to Maverick and blocks his number. After two weeks, Maverick finds himself... (full context)

...a page from a buyer who goes to Saint Mary’s Catholic School, which is where Lisa goes. Maverick knows he has to try to talk to her. (full context)

In the parking lot, Maverick assures King that he’ll be quick. King points to Lisa across the parking lot: she’s leaning against a car and giggling with a white boy.... (full context)

King drives Maverick back to the Garden. Maverick mopes about Lisa, and King insists he can’t let a girl get to him like this. As they... (full context)

...asked Maverick that before. Maverick says he’s alright, but then he tells Mr. Wyatt that Lisa refused to give him another chance. Mr. Wyatt notes that this is a lot to... (full context)

...at his mobile. Sighing, Maverick returns to laundry and homework and wishes that he and Lisa could hang out. (full context)

...pizza shouldn’t have pineapple on it. Dre likes weird food, though. Maverick moans about losing Lisa and says that his life sucks now: his friends don’t want to hang out with... (full context)

...a little kid who will never live up to Pops’s name. He almost runs into Lisa; he’s shocked to see her. She asks if he’s okay and seems to know he’s... (full context)

Maverick and Lisa walk silently around the neighborhood until they get to Lisa’s house. Inside, they reminisce about... (full context)

Maverick grabs a soda and wanders down the hall to stand in Lisa’s doorway. She teases him about coming to learn how to do his hair and asks... (full context)

As Lisa rinses Maverick’s hair, she asks what the baby’s name is. She’s aghast that Maverick named... (full context)

Back in Lisa’s bedroom, she kneels behind Maverick to comb his hair. He yelps and squirms, but she... (full context)

Maverick and Lisa are in bed, sweaty and panting. Lisa says she missed Maverick. It feels like there’s... (full context)

...he hurries back to the office to answer it. But then, it occurs to him: Lisa probably hasn’t blocked the store’s number. (full context)

Maverick dials Lisa’s house phone, but Ms. Montgomery picks up. He respectfully asks to talk to Lisa, but... (full context)

...about how overwhelmed he and Iesha feel. He doesn’t know what to do about anything—Iesha, Lisa, Dre, or Seven. Maverick looks across the cafeteria to where Ant sits, but he can’t... (full context)

...field. Maverick checks out the drum majorettes, but he knows he’s too hung up on Lisa to try to pursue another girl. He’s been leaving messages in her mailbox, but Ms.... (full context)

The doorbell rings—it’s Lisa, and she looks upset. Maverick asks her to wait because he needs to put Seven... (full context)

Maverick sings one of Lisa’s favorite songs to Seven as he changes him. Lisa dances with Maverick, and Seven seems... (full context)

Maverick sinks to the floor. He can’t believe it; he was careful when he and Lisa had sex. He asks if the baby is his, and Lisa looks murderous. She starts... (full context)

...grabs the back of Maverick’s neck and asks who the girl is. Maverick says it’s Lisa, and he admits that he doesn’t have the money for the tests. Mr. Wyatt tells... (full context)

Back at home, Maverick finds Lisa with three empty soda cans. She explains that she’ll need a lot of pee for... (full context)

For the next hour, Maverick sits on the couch with Lisa as she cries. They discuss their options of abortion or adoption, and Maverick says that... (full context)

When Maverick gets back, Lisa is done vomiting. She sips the ginger ale while Ma reminds Maverick that they’ve talked... (full context)

...they had to fill out for Seven. As Maverick packs the diaper bag, he calls Lisa. She hasn’t told Ms. Montgomery she’s pregnant yet; she believes that if she waits until... (full context)

Lisa picks up the phone and tells Maverick that Carlos just got here. She’s going to... (full context)

...on the road, and Ma speeds as usual. Before they left, Maverick told her about Lisa wanting to keep the baby. She’d barely reacted. As they drive, Maverick stares out the... (full context)

...shaking, and Pops tells him to look up and spit it out. Maverick says that Lisa is pregnant. Pops sits back and then asks Ma if she’s taught Maverick about condoms.... (full context)

...an unknown number. Maverick dials the number from the payphone and gets Tammy, who puts Lisa on the line. Lisa sounds like she’s been crying and says that Ms. Montgomery kicked... (full context)

...at Ms. Rosalie’s. Ms. Rosalie lets Maverick in and sends him back to Tammy’s room. Lisa sniffs that Carlos didn’t defend her at all, and she never expected Ms. Montgomery to... (full context)

When Maverick reminds her that they’re in this together, Lisa snaps that Maverick didn’t seem very supportive this morning. She says if he wasn’t actually... (full context)

...much as usual, and Maverick is still in a bad mood after what happened with Lisa. He carries Seven into the kitchen. Seven is very clingy today and won’t let Maverick... (full context)

...his favorite, but Ma quips that Maverick isn’t a baby—he makes babies. She reveals that Lisa is pregnant. Both Aunt ‘Nita and Granny groan, and Maverick thinks he’s just a “dumbass.”... (full context)

...and three of Ma’s cousins drag him off. Carlos screams at Maverick that he ruined Lisa’s life, and then he drives away. (full context)

...renting tuxes, but Maverick knows Ma won’t watch Seven while she’s still so upset about Lisa. Maverick also knows he can’t afford the several hundred dollars; he says he needs to... (full context)

...for. He puts his head back on the bus; he’s headed downtown to go with Lisa to her doctor’s appointment. The doctor’s office is on the fifth floor of a skyscraper,... (full context)

A nurse calls Lisa’s name, and Maverick is shocked: the nurse is Moe. Maverick and Carlos follow Lisa, and... (full context)

Maverick is confused. He turns to Lisa, but Lisa just asks him if he really hasn’t figured it out yet. Lisa smirks... (full context)

Lisa and Maverick discuss Carlos’s bad behavior, and Lisa apologizes for being so mean last week.... (full context)

Dr. Byrd, a heavyset Black woman, comes in, interrupting Maverick and Lisa’s conversation. Maverick is shocked that it seems like the entire office is Black. Dr. Byrd... (full context)

...they can’t find out this early, but they will do an ultrasound today to confirm Lisa’s due date and possibly hear the heartbeat. As Dr. Byrd gets Lisa situated for the... (full context)

Maverick leads Lisa to the billing desk. It turns out that Ms. Montgomery hasn’t taken Lisa off her... (full context)

...a father since he himself is a father now. He says that if his and Lisa’s baby is a boy, they’re going to name him after Dre. Then, he says he... (full context)

...to Saint Mary’s and waits by a phone booth. It looks like he’s waiting for Lisa—but he’s also waiting for customers. It annoys him that for the rich white people he... (full context)

As Maverick and Lisa walk to the bus stop, Lisa says that Connor isn’t in a gang and is... (full context)

Maverick can’t get over Lisa being with Connor. He feels like he’s doing everything a good boyfriend should do, but... (full context)

...she rolls her eyes, she accepts a few $100 bills from Maverick to help out. Lisa asks if she can hold Khalil, and Brenda settles her in the armchair with the... (full context)

...retorts by asking if Maverick was trying to do the same thing when he got Lisa pregnant. She spits that she loves Seven and needs to see him more often. (full context)

...maybe she heard something. Maverick will see her this weekend, since she’s meeting Maverick and Lisa for lunch after Maverick’s Valentine’s Day surprise for Lisa, the tour of Markham. (full context)

...she’s always liked women, and Pops knew that from the beginning. Maverick thinks back to Lisa telling him to pay attention and realizes that Ma is always happier when Moe is... (full context)

...to school, but really, he’s watching Red. Today, though, Maverick is getting ready to take Lisa to tour Markham. Ma lectures him about how to properly drive and care for her... (full context)

By eight o’clock, Ma lets Maverick leave. Before he picks Lisa up, Maverick stops by where Red spends his mornings. Sometime today, King is going to... (full context)

As Maverick drives through the suburbs surrounding the Garden, Lisa remarks at how different this is from the Garden. Maverick says it’s too “sophisticated” and... (full context)

Maverick asks Lisa what she’d do with that kind of money. She shrugs and says that she’d end... (full context)

The Markham campus is beautiful. Maverick wakes Lisa up as soon as they get there and tells her they’re taking a private tour... (full context)

...who’s also pregnant. She’s due with a boy in June, and she tells Maverick and Lisa that she and her husband are going to name him Justyce, with a y. They... (full context)

...Maverick looks for Keisha, Adreanna runs to him and asks where her “Sevy” (Seven) is. Lisa laughs. Maverick and Lisa follow Adreanna back to Keisha, who admits to helping plan the... (full context)

...Red, Tony, and Dre to talk for the rest of the meal. Finally, Maverick helps Lisa into Ma’s car. As he pulls out of the parking lot, Lisa asks what’s wrong—Maverick... (full context)

...angrily asks if he’s going to get nothing for all of this, while Connor wins Lisa over with a teddy bear. Lisa snaps that she’s not a “gold digger” like Iesha... (full context)

...fist out so Maverick can bump it. Then, Pops smiles and asks how Seven and Lisa are doing. Maverick says that Seven is crawling now, and he passes Pops a sonogram... (full context)

...Maverick reminds himself that he has a plan, his legs won’t stop shaking. He dials Lisa’s number but stops himself—she’d know something was up. (full context)

...watching TV and eating popcorn. Maverick asks if they’ll listen for Seven while he takes Lisa some food; she’s having pregnancy cravings. Ma and Moe agree, and Ma tells Maverick to... (full context)

...and he threw away his bandana a while ago. Red is “[g]one.” He knocks on Lisa’s window and she opens it with a frown. Maverick crawls through, hauls himself upright, and... (full context)

Lisa says that it wouldn’t have been just for Maverick to throw his life away to... (full context)

...apple can roll away from the tree with a push. Maverick puts his hands on Lisa’s belly and remembers Dre telling him that he cried the first time he held Adreanna.... (full context)

...and asks if Ma or Mr. Wyatt found out about the drugs. He suggests that Lisa, “that ho,” found out. Maverick is enraged, but King just laughs and says that Maverick... (full context)

Lisa eats her barbecue at Maverick’s kitchen table, smacking her lips loudly. She says, “I told... (full context)

Then, Lisa asks how Maverick’s GED classes are going. He says that he likes them, especially his... (full context)

Soon, Ma gets home and asks what the baby’s sex is, and Maverick says that Lisa won the bet. Ma is thrilled and asks if they’ve come up with a name... (full context)

Maverick puts Seven to bed and then joins Lisa on the porch. It’s the first warm night they’ve had in a while, and the... (full context)

Lisa Montgomery Character Analysis

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Lisa Montgomery Character Timeline in Concrete Rose