September 1
“Certainly, Miss Reed,” Daniel said. “Katherine has requested permission to perform an evaluation on Mirielle.”
“On what grounds?” Phillip asked.
“We’ve established that Alex MacKenzie has exerted undue control over Rob and Mirielle,” Katherine said. “I want to make sure that, first, she hasn’t become too hopelessly indoctrinated so that she’ll continue the abuse once she’s free, and second, that we’re not exploiting her lack of will in order to get Rob into our hands.”
“Both are good reasons,” Daniel said, “but unfortunately irrelevant. The Foundation will be under scrutiny of wrongdoing regardless of our precautions, and furthermore, how Rob is disciplined outside of Twilight Wings is not our concern.”
“I disagree,” Chloe said. “I’ve been thinking this over, and now that we have the chance to do a great good, we can’t let it go wrong at all. Katherine, please perform a short, psych-only evaluation.”
“Miss Reed, I–” Daniel began.
“Daniel, I understand where you’re coming from,” she continued. “We are too deeply embroiled in this now.”
“A failing on my part and mine alone,” Daniel said.
“No,” Chloe said. “I was considering bringing the Foundation into the hunt for the MacKenzies sooner or later. Phillip can attest to that.”
“Is this true, Mister Brookfield?” Daniel said. Phillip merely nodded. “I see,” he continued. “Perhaps I was too dismissive of you both.”
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