MR. JONES: I explained it in the room, Detective. I didn't give it to her. It was for her nerves, remember. She's been really on edge-been taking it for a while. If she denies that, she's lying.
DET. STURGIS: She does indeed deny it. She says she was never aware you were dosing her up.
MR. JONES: She lies habitually-that's the point. Accusing me based purely on what she says is like constructing a syllogism based on totally false premises. Do you understand what I mean by that?
DET. S'rURGIS: Sure, Prof. Valium tablets were found in one of Cassie's toys a stuffed bunny.
MR. JONES: There you go. How would I know anything about that?
DET. STURGIS: Your wife says you bought several of them for Cassie.
MR. JONES: I bought Cassie all sorts of toys. Other people bought LuvBunnies too. A nurse named Bottomley-very iffy personality. Why don't you check her out, see if she's involved.
DET. S'1URGIS: Why should she be?
MR. JONES: She and Cindy seem awfiilly close too close, I always thought. I wanted her transferred off the case, but Cindy refissed.
Check her out-she's strange, believe me.
DET. STURGIS: We did. She's passed a polygraph and every other test we threw at her.
MR. JONES: Polygraphs are inadmissible in court.
DET. STURGIS: Would you take one?
MR. TOKARIK: Chip, don'tMR. JONES: I don't see any reason to. This whole thing is preposterous.
DET. SrvRGIS: Onward. Did you have a prescription for the Valium we found at your Campus office?
MR. JONES: (laughs) No. Is that a crime?
bET. S'rURGIS: As a matter of fact, it is. Where'd you get it?o MR.
JONES: Somewhere I don't remember.
DET. SrvRGIS: One of your students?
MR. JONES: Of course not.
bET. STURGIS: A student named Kristie Marie Kirkash?
MR. JONES: Uh absolutely not. I may have had it around from before.
bET. STURGIS: For yourself?
MR. JONES: Sure. From years ago-I was under some stress.
Now that I think about it, I'm sure that's what it was.
Someone lent it to mea faculty colleague.
DET. STURGis: What's this colleague's name?
MR. JONES: I don't remember. It wasn't that significant.
Valium's like candy nowadays. I plead guilty to having it without a prescription, okay?
DET. STURGIS: Okay.
MR. TOKARIK: What did you just take out of your briefcase, Detective?
DET. STURGIS: Something for the record. I'm going to read It out loud MR. TOI:ARIK: I want a copy first.
