did you love vashti? >> i love vashti. >> did you kill vashti?oing through her neck and severing her spine? >> no, i did not. >> so his direct testimony hours of it, seemed to go pretty well. but now, of course, here came the prosecutor to put him on the spot. >> cross-examination, ms. hanley? >> she wanted brett to explain, how it was possible for him to do what she thought was impossible, make that 911 call and stay on the phone while trying to get vashti's body out of a burning house. >> my wife is upstairs. i'm about to go upstairs and try and get her out. >> smoke everywhere. just a second. >> i have to get a wet rag. >> how he was able to make that call and talk to a dispatcher while he was supposedly running up and down the stairs twice in smoke and fire, wetting a rag, holding on to his phone, how he didn't drop the phone, fall, cough, gasp. >> turn the water faucet on, grab the discloth. >> yes, ma'am. >> you're holding your cell phone, too? >> i don't think i'm holding it to my ear but it's in my hand. >> well, you're talking to 911 at