DOUBLE JEOPARDY
TBNS/IDOJ Crossover
Set at end of Season 6 of TBNS
By CAJeannieFan57/Donna
Bob Hartley was sitting at his desk in his office, looking over the mail that Carol just brought in. One thing that caught his eye was a brochure for a convention of psychologists and psychiatrists, to be held in early June in Houston, Texas. Pouring over the list of activities and workshops available, he decided to make plans to attend. 'Maybe this will give me the new spark I need – I'm getting bored with the psychology business,' Bob thought. He brought the paperwork to his secretary, Carol, and asked her to fill it out and make flight arrangements for both him and Emily, his wife.
Carol smiled, "Just what you need, Bob. A little work, a little play."
Later, at home, Emily wasn't so sure. First, she was still a little nervous about flying. She also wasn't sure about Houston in June, or what she would do with herself while Bob was in meetings and workshops. Bob had his way, though.
The two went over the list of things in Houston and began to plan their trip. If they could stay an extra day, they could see some of the other sights in Houston, including a tour of NASA's Johnson Space Center. Emily began to look forward to the trip.
On the plane, Emily looked at the list of workshops that Bob was planning to attend. "Bob, what's this one, 'Patient Delusions'?"
"That's when a patient believes in things that don't exist, like Superman, witches or genies," Bob explained.
"Do you have any patients with that?"
"Not at the current time," Bob told her. He had never told Emily the story about the genie that Howard said landed in the cockpit of his plane about a month before. "But you never know."
Emily nodded, thinking about the time when Howard had come over to the house saying that he was grounded from flying because a genie landed in his lap in the plane. Bob refused to tell her the whole story, saying that it was not professional to do so, particularly when Emily knew the patient. She read on. "What's this one, The Battered Patient?" she asked.
"Sometimes someone has problems after they've been attacked, such as in a mugging," Bob explained.
"But you don't have any patients like that, do you?"
"Not at the moment, Emily, but I practice in downtown Chicago. It may happen at any time, and knowing new techniques will assist me."
