Relaxing when the butt of a gun didn�t strike her head, Dr. Hubley continued, �Why would a patient who had been told she was being treated for genital warts end up with a pregnancy from a man with whom she had never slept?�

�Doctor, you�re a police psychologist. You�re a counselor for emotional problems that get in the way of a cop doing his job. Or her job. You�re a bit out of your depth when dealing with a delusional, psychotic woman who is suffering from visual and auditory hallucinations, don�t you think?�

�She didn�t sound like she was delusional to me. And what about that paternity test?�

�She has made up this quite detailed hallucination about impregnation by a ghost. Doctor, don�t you think she is feeling a tad guilty about killing a man she was sleeping with only months before?�

�She told you that she was sleeping with...?� Dr. Hubley stopped, unwilling to say the name aloud, fearing her captors would believe she knew him and resume their attacks.

�Don�t stop with that partner,� Dr. Muzqu�z laughed, �Ms. Russell is quite promiscuous. Genital warts are just the tip of the iceberg with that one. And what paternity test? I can�t order that till the baby is born. Well, I could, but the fact is, I haven�t yet done any amniocentesis procedure where I could collect fetal blood.�

�But...but...but...� Dr. Hubley babbled, too confused and dizzy from hunger to put two words together.

The door banged open, and cops started spilling in. �NYPD! Freeze!�

The doctors heard gunshots and ducked instinctively. Both women fell forward onto the ground, and because they were belted to the bench, they pulled it down on top of themselves. They heard scuffing, more gunshots, grunts, shouts, and bodies falling all around them. In the midst of the gun battle, they could hear running, car doors slamming, tires peeling out. As frightened as they were, neither woman screamed. Dr. Hubley�s head was pinned under the bench and her face was smashed on the floor. She imagined Dr. Pachla�s head was pinned, too. After a brief silence, cops surrounded the doctors.

�Are you ladies okay?� one guy asked.

Dr. Pachla grunted, �Get this thing off us.�