August 20
“But we pay you to use you!” Phillip said.
“Phillip,” Chloe said, “Daniel was merely in the right place at the right time. I don’t blame him for this, and I don’t think he’s working with malicious intent.”
“Intent?” Phillip asked. “He’s been going behind our backs for… what, a month? Month and a half?”
“You think that’s bad, try doing it for six years,” Mirielle said.
“Phillip,” Chloe said. “You just got done telling me that it’s intent that matters, didn’t you?”
“I assure you,” Daniel said, “my intentions are merely to see Mirielle and Rob liberated from their predicament. I do respect your opinion, however. Shall we set aside the recriminations for the time being?”
Phillip stewed for a moment. “Fine.”
“I believe you called for a purpose,” Daniel said. “What has transpired, Chloe?”
“Well, that’s not nearly as important anymore,” she replied sheepishly. “Listen. The police are looking for Mirielle and Rob, and they’ve been poking around the Foundation today.”
“The police?” Mirielle asked. “Why?”
“Alex put out a Missing Persons report on you both,” Phillip said. “I think there’s something to that.”
“Nothing benevolent, that is certain,” Daniel muttered. “What have you told the police?”
“Nothing,” Chloe said. “We didn’t know anything about it at the time.”
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