The Good Counselor Flashcards
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This is how we do it. I will be you
How can you be me
It’s pretend. Role-playing. Just listen to me being you
What’s the point?
To help us get a handle on each other
I get you, but you don’t get me
Oh yeah?
Yeah
Oh, I may not be as thick as all… well maybe I am a little think. You wouldn’t be the first to take note of that. So maybe this could help me.
How does it work
I have your statement to the police investigators . (hand page to mia) Do you want to read it?
(hands it back) No. I know what I said
I also brought some questions the prosecutors will ask and some statements made by some witnesses
(grabs paper) What the hell are people tryna say about me?
We will get to that in just a minute. Relax
…let me see the motherfuckin’ papers
I will in time, Evelyn, but not until you calm down
Okay
(breathes in deeply) Now, I am going to tell your story. I am just going to repeat the things you have said in this report and other things you have told me here in this room.
Yeah?
Then I am going to put you in the power seat
What?
You’ll be the prosecutor. You’ll listen to my story and try to figure out if it makes sense.
I think I could do that.
I think so too. And I want you to be tough on me Evelyn, poke holes in the story when you can.
So I am being tough on myself, huh?
Yeah, actually, yeah.
Nothing new.
(Handing her the sheet) I am going to give you a little cheat sheet to kind of get you started in your role as prosecutor
(Looking at the sheet) These are the things the other lawyer will ask me?
Right
Okay.
Ready? (wait for nod) So I’ve taken the stand, sworn to tell the truth etcetera, etcetera. Now you ask me the first question
Describe events as they occcured on the evening of March 16th
I cleaned up some decorations from Christina’s birthday party then I made dinner around 6:30. After we ate, I did the dishes while Christina watched David. Then I gave David a bath in the kitchen sink. Okay so far?
Okay. Keep going.
After the baby was bathed, I put him in his pajamas. I tried to feed him. First I tried, I tried to feed him using my breasts
No one says it that way!
OK OK. I nursed him.
Better
Thanks. But he wasn’t sucking. He hadn’t been sucking the last few days. I tried a few times then gave up and used a bottle. How do I sound?
I believe you.
Good. So then he fell asleep and I put him to bed.
Is it my turn? Where did you put David to sleep?
He slept on the bed. A single bed where all three of us slept. Now come on Evelyn, what would the prosecutor say to that?
I don’t know.
Look on the sheet
Why didn’t you put the baby..
I wanted to, but the one I got for Christina got ruined in the old house when it got flooded. And I didn’t want to put him in the drawer on the floor because we had mice.