Dr. Patterson can bring in another psychiatrist if he likes, or turn the report over to whichever attorney is going to handle the case.
“I see.” Sandra studied her husband’s troubled face. “Did Mr. Kincaid say anything about the partnership, David?”
He shook his head. “No.” Sandra said brightly, “He will. Tomorrow’s another day.”
Dr. Royce Salem was a tall, thin man with a Sigmund Freud beard. Maybe that’s just a coincidence, David told himself.
Surely he’s not trying to look like Freud. “Jesse talks about you often,” Dr. Salem said. “He’s very fond of you.”
“I’m fond of him, Dr. Salem.” The Patterson case sounds very interesting. Obviously the work of a psychopath.
“You’re planning an insanity plea?” “Actually,” David told him, “I’m not handling the case.”
Before I get an attorney for her, I’d like to get an evaluation of her mental state.
David briefed Dr. Salem on the facts as he knew them. “She claims she’s innocent, but the evidence shows she committed the crimes.”
“Well, let’s have a look at the lady’s psyche, shall we?”
The hypnotherapy session was to take place in the Santa Clara County Jail, in an interrogation room.
The furniture in the room consisted of a rectangular wooden table and four wooden chairs.
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