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again, would you change anything?”
    “Objection, relevance,” Mrs. Alamander says.
    “Withdrawn,” Mr. Vintage answers. He leans in the witness stand to directly face her. “Were any other suspects reviewed during the course of the investigation?”
    “As I’ve said multiple times, a narrow suspect pool.”
    He retreats to pacing the floor. “Please answer the following questions with yes or no. Were any other suspects looked at?”
    “The list of…”
    “Yes or no, please,” he says firmly.
    “No.”
    “Is it possible Dr. Abby was only trying to help Dr. Mekova?”
    “Yes.”
    “Is it possible for someone to circumvent the security measures?”
    “Yes.” Nina leans back, comfortable under the barrage of swift questions.
    “Is it possible that another individual was at the scene of the crime?”
    “Yes.”
    “Is it possible to plant Dr. Abby’s fingerprints at the scene?”
    Testimony of the accused landed on deaf ears for centuries now.
    “Yes.”
    “Is it possible Dr. Abby is innocent of murder?”
    “Yes.”
    “No further questions.”
    The judge asks the next witness to be called.
     



Hostile Psychology
    Mon 10/5/17 11:35 a.m.
     
    T he District Attorney, Mrs. Alamander says, “I call Dr. Daniel Buren to the stand.”
    A squat geriatric man wearing a tweed jacket and slacks comes forward. His round glasses perch atop a miniature nose. I have a sense that I know him from some place. Of course I do. The Bailiff swears him in. Mrs. Alamander stands at the edge of jury booth and asks about his expertise.
    He unbuttons his tweed jacket and pushes up his glasses before listing his various degrees and experience. The average healthy weight of everyone around here makes me wonder how it’s possible. Then a new idea enters my head, they just alter the nutrition density so everyone feels full without drawing too many calories.
    “When did you originally hear about this case?”
    “Investigating Agent Margrove brought it to my attention just as a curious case, an employee attempting to kill a supervisor then trying desperately to save her life. It makes for an intriguing case from a psychological standpoint.”
    “When did you conduct your first session with Mr. Abby?” Mrs. Alamander continues to stare with unrelenting eyes at the face of the doctor.
    No doubt intimating at veracity.
    “I wouldn’t call it a session. I discovered nothing privileged. His attorney was always present. Anything about the actual incident remained off the table. The first meeting took place after a failed interrogation. I just asked general questions about his psyche.” Buren considers his hands as the next question comes.
    “What were you able to learn from this brief time with Mr. Abby?”
    “I conducted a few more sessions with him, totaling 30 hours. The empathy questions stood out. He was shown pictures of people in different situations and then asked what they were feeling. The standard result hinges on successfully choosing an approximation of the true emotion. In Dr. Abby’s case, he put together a standard answer only for people saving others.”
    “What did this mean for Dr. Abby?”
    He looks up to the skylight before speaking. “The answers alerted me to do a full psychological evaluation. We did the standard lab tests. The fact is 80 percent of the general population can be diagnosed with the tests alone. The other 20 percent need a skilled psychiatrist to perform the diagnosis. Dr. Abby’s inconclusive result meant it was up to me to make a diagnosis. Dr. Abby has heroic personality disorder.”
    “What are the signs and symptoms of this disorder?”
    “Sure, it shares some similarities with narcissistic personality disorder. The common ground is an inflated value of self. Heroic personality disorder suffers tend to create situations in which they can come to the rescue. In addition, they only feel empathy towards others in life threatening situations. They put themselves in these positions or