Disclaimer:  I do not own any of these characters and am just playing around with them.

Inquiry

“So, why did you stab her?”  The man on the left end of the panel of five asked Kyle as he stared back at the man defiantly.  The man glanced to Kyle’s right, and the man who sat beside him.

“Your ‘patient’ is in a lot of trouble.”  The man stated firmly.  “If the doctor dies then he could be up for a Federal death sentence.”

“There is no evidence to prove that my patient stabbed the doctor.”  Raines wheezed as he looked at Kyle who glanced back at him momentarily before folding his arms across his chest.

“I have seven witnesses and the prisoner’s own record of violence that would suggest otherwise.”  The man with the dark glasses shot back.

“Seven witnesses who could very well have committed the stabbing themselves.”  Raines stated.  “Seven witnesses who are trying to avoid a Federal death sentence themselves and who are relying on John Doe’s past violence for him to take the fall.”

“But they all gave the same testimony.”  The man replied, growing angry.

“I’m sure that in an institution such as this that there would be no way those men could have gotten their story straight before they spoke with your board.”  Raines said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.  “They’re probably not angry in the least that they failed to reach freedom and are back in their own cells.  However, John Doe was the only one who stopped to help the doctor.”

“An act of self preservation.”  The man replied.  “He realized that the escape would be fruitless once the alarm had sounded and that if the doctor died by his hand then he would in turn die himself.”

“Do you have anything to say on your own behalf?”  The woman in the middle asked Kyle.  He sighed and dropped his hands into his lap and studied them.

“You already knew that I would say that it wasn’t me who stabbed her.”  Kyle said quietly, still staring at his hands.

“Why did you help her then?  Why did you give up your chance to escape?”  She asked.

“She didn’t deserve to die.”  Kyle replied looking at Raines.

“Why did you release the other prisoners?”  The man on the end asked sharply.  Kyle looked back at him.

“Doesn’t it make sense?  More prisoners to chase meant more of a diversion.”  Kyle replied.  “Don’t tell me you couldn’t figure that out on your own after you decided that I tried to kill that woman.”

The man glared at Kyle and sat quietly for a moment.

“We deduced that was your intention in freeing the others.  What doesn’t make sense is that you’d try to kill the doctor.  Was it in a fit of rage because she sounded the alarm before you could escape?”  The man prodded.

“I Didn’t Do It!”  Kyle shouted.  “One of the others, I don’t know his name.  He had a knife!  He went right for her.”

“And where did he get that knife?”  The man replied.  Kyle shook his head in frustration.

“How am I supposed to know where he got it?  He had it and he stabbed her.  I went back to help her and now I’m here!”  Kyle spat and then he folded his arms and looked at Raines again and said nothing more.

To Be Continued…

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