A/N: OK A LITTLE RATINGS ISSUE TO DEAL WITH. THIS CHAPTER IS RATED M! LANGUAGE AND OTHER MORE ADULT TOPICS ARE DISCUSSED.
A/N2: Shout outs to inescapela2001 and Cinderella1268. Thanks for your reviews! More EO is on the way next chapter. Glad you liked it. :)
Chapter 21
Doctor Emil Skoda rubbed his forehead. It had already been a long day and it was only ten o'clock in the morning. He pulled into the gate at Rikers and the guard waved him through. Parking the car, he headed up to the door where the corrections officers typically entered and was allowed to pass.
Signing in on the register as required, the guard pointed down the hallway and Skoda thanked him. The psychiatrist found his newest patient waiting for him. The arraignment had gone quickly and there were no objections to the seven-thirty hearing given by the legal aid attorney that had been assigned to the case.
"Hello, I'm Doctor Skoda," he started and then he quickly went into the reasoning for this session and why it was important.
"So why don't we start with do you understand the charges against you?" The doctor asked.
"Of course," Gregg said but didn't elaborate.
"Ok so what did you feel when you killed Gene Sanderson?" Skoda wanted to know. To this Gregg just shrugged. The psychiatrist wondered if he was playing a game with him. Gregg's IQ put him above average so he knew that his newest patient was intelligent enough to know what he meant.
"Did you feel something similar as you felt when you were raping Samantha Rodgers?" Skoda watched as Gregg's face remained motionless and again all he got was a shrug. It was then that he realized he was being read, just like he was reading the defendant.
"How about all those pornographic images? Do you like them for their content or did they remind you of your father?" That did it.
"My father fucked my mother once just to see if he'd get what he wanted. Joke was on him. He got me," Gregg responded.
"Surely he and your mother could have had another child. This isn't China," Skoda remarked.
"It seems dear old Dad had some trouble in that department. After I was born, he spent more time in the basement than he did with my mother. They fought a lot, mostly about me, so I turned my attention to other interests," Gregg told him. This made Skoda curious and he made a mental note to get Matthew Gregg's medical file.
"Like killing the neighbors' cat?" The psychiatrist wanted to know.
"I was curious but my curiosity got me into trouble," he nodded.
"It did but who's really to blame for your troubles? After all, your parents should share some of the blame. They did leave you to your own devices," Skoda said.
"Well not entirely. You see despite the fact that my father had a thing for little girls he used to get off watching me get off on those photos he'd share. I thought we bonded but the first chance he got, he sent me over to the neighbor while he diddled the girl from next door. He said that there was nothing in the world like little girls and the neighbor liked little boys like he liked Sandy. So while he was fucking Sandy, I was getting fucked by the neighbor. The men in my life taught me a lot," Gregg smirked.
"Like Russ Highland?" Skoda wondered.
"Russ was the only man who didn't treat me like a piece of meat. He shared his proclivities and we got along," the defendant tilted his head.
"So Russ didn't hurt you?" The doctor asked.
"On the contrary. He treated me well and I earned his trust. It helped me get through my juvenile sentence," Gregg told him.
"Well didn't your mother help you through your sentence?" Skoda wanted to know.
"My "mother" was off finding someone who would fill her needs. As I said, dear old Dad only did her once and it didn't turn out so well," Gregg scoffed.
"Why do you think they only had intercourse once? It's true that a pregnancy can occur on the first time but it's not always the case," the doctor was very curious as to how Gregg arrived at this conclusion.
"He told me. You see he liked the fear that came with the first time. He had admitted that they had agreed to wait until their wedding night. He thought that being with my mother would cure what ailed him and instead it made it worse. She was only nervous for their first time. After that, she wasn't nervous or afraid. He said, he would purposely get himself all worked up and spent before they went to bed after that. That way he couldn't perform and she wouldn't push the issue," the story seemed odd but it wasn't uncommon for rapists to get off on the fear of their victims.
"You see he got bored using his hands and needed to find something or someone else. I wasn't an option because he didn't want little boys. The little girl next door though…" Gregg shrugged.
"Was Samantha like the little girl next door?" Skoda was curious as to the response.
"She was perfect. Best time of my life. Definitely better than my first," with that the psychiatrist dug into the recesses of his mind. Sergeant Benson hadn't mentioned another victim of Gregg's. The session continued for another thirty minutes and afterward the doctor felt like he needed a shower.
Once inside his car, he quickly pulled out his cell phone and called ADA Barba. The lawyer picked up the phone and announced that he was on speaker as Sergeant Benson was in his office.
"Carl Gregg is not insane but he is definitely a sociopath. I'd bring up his parents at trial. They seem to be the trigger. If I hadn't brought them up, he would have remained silent," Skoda told them.
"Then that's what I'll do. Thank you Doctor," Barba said.
"Anytime," with that the call ended and Barba turned to Olivia and said,
"Well I guess I had better get trial prep under way."
To Be Continued…