September 22
“It was Gene, wasn’t it?” a girl asked. “That’s why he’s not here.”
Jeanne blanched. Oh, right. My brother’s still in with Mr. Lorentz, too.
“Saturday was a turning point?” Chloe asked.
“Yes,” Mirielle replied, leaning back on the couch. “You saw the start of it, when Alex got upset here.”
“‘Getting upset’ isn’t exactly the phrasing I’d use,” Phillip said. “He went nuts.”
“It didn’t surprise me, really,” Mirielle sighed. “He gets like that at home, but it takes a lot for him to do that in public. You really got under his skin,” she added, glancing at Daniel.
“I suppose,” Daniel said. “It was a calculated risk, bringing Alex into the interview. I dare say that it may not have paid off in the way I expected it to.”
“We’ll discuss that aspect later,” Chloe said, cutting off Phillip before he could speak. “In any event, Mirielle, after you left the Foundation, what happened?”
“When we got home, Alex started doing things I’ve never seen him do,” she said. “He started throwing things, ripping pictures… At first,” she added, “he wasn’t paying attention to where he was throwing stuff. After Rob got hit with a remote, he started aiming for him.”
“I’m not surprised,” Katherine said. “Rob is the focus of his rage. It’s only natural for him to try to neutralize what he thinks is the source of his trouble. How good would you say Alex’s aim was?”
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