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Short Story: "Forced Inquiry"

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??Damned right, ? he said, still standing in front of the door. ??I came to face my accuser. ?


??What? ? Paula was aghast.


??I don't take too lightly to someone calling me, and just about everyone I know, ??sick' on the basis of some fraudulent pseudo-scientific mumbo-jumbo. ?


??Look, ? Daugherty said easily, ??I'm just trying to run an interview here. If it's that important for you to have your opinion heard, then why not just calm down and let me include you in the interview? ?

He crossed his arms. ??Oh, no. I've heard how you've turned people's words against them. I didn't come down here to talk to you. I came to talk to her. ?


Paula returned his angry glare with a defiant one. ??A confrontation, then? ?


??In a word, yes. Why? Are you afraid to defend that idiocy you've been spouting? ?


??Not against you. No. ?


Jason finished disentangling the cord, and started towards the sound booth. ??In that case, you're going to need me at the controls. So if you're done trying to kill me, I'd like to get back to work. ?

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