Bullying the Bully

"What's wrong with him, Doctor?" asked Alejandro's mom.

Doctor Jennings was shining a light in Alejandro's eyes while looking closely inside like maybe he had lost his keys in there or something. "Give me a moment. I'm still doing my initial evaluation."

Alejandro just sat there with no emotion. He wasn't happy, mad, excited, or even glad. He just was.

The doctor finally withdrew his light and put it back in his pocket. "So, you say he hasn't spoken in a couple of days now, eh?"

"Not a peep," replied Alejandro's mom. "Well, except in his sleep. He talks in his sleep but not when he's awake."

"This gives me an idea." Dr. Jennings turned toward the nurse. "Nurse, see if you can get Dr. Schmidt in here. Quickly!" He looked at Alejandro's mom. "Dr. Schmidt is one of the best psychologists that we have here in Washington."

The nurse put her clipboard on the table and scrambled out of the room.

Moments later, Dr. Schmidt arrived. Before he could enter the room, Dr. Jennings met him in the hallway. They exchanged a few words and then walked into the room.

Dr. Schmidt walked up to Alejandro. He had a gray beard, glasses, and a long white lab coat. "Okay, let's see what we got here." He spoke with a thick German accent. Dr. Schmidt pulled a watch attached to a chain out of his pocket and then began to swing it back and forth in front of Alejandro's eyes.

Alejandro blinked a couple of times, but that was it.

"Can you hear me Alejandro?" asked the German doctor.

"Yes," replied Alejandro.

Alejandro's mom gasped, "He spoke!"

"Yes," said Dr. Schmidt, "now let's here what he has to say."

"But how...." interrupted Alejandro's mother.

Dr. Jennings, who was sitting next to Alejandro's mom put his hand on her shoulder. "He hypnotized him, Mrs. Gonzalez."

"Alejandro, can you remember three days ago?"

Still with no expression on his face, Alejandro said, "Yes."

"Good," said Dr. Schmidt. "Take us back to that time, and tell us what is happening."

"Well, I was at school shopping for clothes as usual."

"Shopping for clothes?" said Dr. Schmidt with a confused tone.