Strangled Silence
“His face was impassive, but she knew her mother had been on to him and Amina doubted it had been a pleasant phone call.
'This was supposed to be a mental health piece,' he said at last.
'I followed it where it led,' she replied.
'Following doesn't mean going around with your eyes closed,' he snapped. 'You've got nothing here except conjecture and wild leaps of imagination.
You can't print anything without some kind of evidence and—' 'That's why I didn't want to show it to you!' Amina retorted. 'I know it's not ready.' 'I rang some of my contacts in the Ministry of Defence this morning,' Goldbloom told her. 'I asked them if the army or the intelligence services had ever carried out mind control experiments and they laughed. They laughed! You see, it's not that nobody's tried it – hell, everybody's tried it in one form or other – it's just that it never works. It's the stuff of movies and spy novels and conspiracy theories.' This was becoming a sensitive subject for Amina. She was start...ing to worry that even if she did find some evidence to back up Ivor's suspicions, nobody would believe it because of Chi's fanatical conspiracy network.MoreLess
'This was supposed to be a mental health piece,' he said at last.
'I followed it where it led,' she replied.
'Following doesn't mean going around with your eyes closed,' he snapped. 'You've got nothing here except conjecture and wild leaps of imagination.
You can't print anything without some kind of evidence and—' 'That's why I didn't want to show it to you!' Amina retorted. 'I know it's not ready.' 'I rang some of my contacts in the Ministry of Defence this morning,' Goldbloom told her. 'I asked them if the army or the intelligence services had ever carried out mind control experiments and they laughed. They laughed! You see, it's not that nobody's tried it – hell, everybody's tried it in one form or other – it's just that it never works. It's the stuff of movies and spy novels and conspiracy theories.' This was becoming a sensitive subject for Amina. She was start...ing to worry that even if she did find some evidence to back up Ivor's suspicions, nobody would believe it because of Chi's fanatical conspiracy network.MoreLess
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