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.I get the feeling from them, the police thatthey think Mary s death had something to do with Sentries.I know that ssounds crazy, but if that s whatthey think, who knows where it will lead?Four seconds.Larsen:  Why would they think that?Gull:  You tell me.If you know something I should know, you have to tell me,it s only fair.I m on the hot seat you have no idea how they treat you whenthey suspect you of something.They phone me incessantly, have me breakappointments and come in for interrogations.Have you ever been in a policestation, Albin?Larsen smiled. From time to time.Page 309ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlGull:  Yeah, probably some place in Africa, whatever.But you haven t been asuspect.Let me tell you, it s not fun.Thirteen seconds.Gull:  They call it interviewing, but it s interrogation.I swear, Albin, Ifeel like some character out of a goddamned movie.One of those Kafkaesquethings, Hitchcock, everything happens to the unsuspecting fool, and I m he.Larsen:  It sounds dreadful.Gull:  It shorrendous.And disruptive it s starting to affect my work.Howthe hell am I supposed to concentrate on patients when the next message on mymachine could be from them? What if they start shoving paper at me subpoenas,whatever it is they use.What if they try to comb through my records?Larsen:  Did they use the word  subpoena ?Gull:  Who remembers? The point is, they re rooting around like trufflepigs.Larsen:  Rooting.That s all it is.Gull:  Albin, I feel I m not getting through to you. He took hold ofLarsen s shoulders.Larsen didn t move, and Gull s hands dropped. Why arethey focusing on Sentries? Tell me the truth: What were you and Mary up to?Silence.Six seconds.Larsen:  We were attempting to inject some compassion into the Americancriminal justice system.Gull:  Yeah, yeah, I know all that.I mean nuts and bolts, the billing.It sthe billing they re latching onto.They just about came out and said theysuspect us of Medi-Cal fraud, Albin.Were you fooling with the billing?Larsen:  Why would I do that.Milo said,  Cagey bastard.Gull:  I don t know.But they suspect something.Before this thing spins outof control, I need to know if there s any truth to their suspicions.Even ifit was some kind of mistake, some paperwork thing.Did you or Mary doanything anything at all that would give them fuel? Because I think they reafter blood, Albin.I really do.I think Mary s death got them thinking in awhole bizarre direction.Obsessive.Like that patient of Mary s who died youknow I treated him.Gavin Quick.Kid was four-plus OCD in addition to all hisother problems.I was happy to dump him on Mary but I swear, Albin, dealingwith them I started to feel I was being forced into some OCD soap opera.Thesame questions, over and over and over.As if they re trying to break medown.Eighteen seconds.Gull:  You re not saying anything.Larsen:  I m listening. Fine.you know how it is with obsession.The patient gets intoPage 310ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlsomething and keeps going at it.Which is okay when you re the therapist andcan establish boundaries.But being on the receiving end these are notsophisticated people, Albin, but they are persistent.They perceive the worldin hunter-prey terms and have no respect for our profession.I m feeling likeI m set up to be the prey, and I don t want that.And I shouldn t think you dwant it, either.Larsen:  Who would?Milo said,  Such empathy.Sam Diaz said,  Ifthis guy was hooked up to the poly, the needles wouldn teven be quivering.Gull, he d make the machine explode.Gull waved his hands.Diaz backed the camera several feet farther,establishing postural context.Larsen just sat there.Thirty-two seconds of silence passed before Gull said,  I have to say, I mfeeling a little.dismissed, Albin.I asked you substantive questions,and you ve given me nothing but bland reassurance.Larsen placed a hand on Gull s shoulder [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]