August 1
“There’s a reasonable explanation,” he said. “We can’t be faulted.”
“We most certainly can,” Chloe said. “I made every effort to ensure that the Indigo Foundation was beyond reproach. This was my baby, Phillip. I took better care of this than I did my car, for Christ’s sake. And now it’s all gone because of a psychopath we didn’t take down when we had the chance.”
“We couldn’t know–” Phillip said, regretting the words as soon as they escaped his lips.
“Of course we knew!” she screamed. “How the hell could we not know? Every sign was there, everything was a great big neon sign saying ‘CHILD ABUSE HERE! COME AND GET IT!’ And we just sat on our hands and let him go!”
“Because we had to,” Phillip said, sternly. Chloe’s glare precipitated another outburst, but he held up his hand. “Okay, so it’s bad now. We’re being investigated. But the important thing is that we will be found not responsible in the slightest, and not even connected.”
“But we are,” she sighed.
“We know we are,” Phillip said, “because of our unique perspective. Any outside observer will be unable to see the connection or the responsibility. Now, imagine what would have happened if we had gone to the police with what we knew… and we were wrong.”
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