. OK.”“What did he say, Gerry?”“Let’s say he’s not best pleased. I think his actual words were if I didn’t fucking well fix these fuckin... fembots he’d find a new way of fucking just for me and any of the rest of the team that might survive this.”“Graphic. Did he have any helpful suggestions? Or was it just a sort of ‘if they don’t kill you, I will’ incentive?”“Yeah, more that. He wanted to know why the laws of robotics* weren’t kicking in.”“So, you hadn’t told him you’d been tinkering with. I was poking around in one of the cupboards when I found a camp bed that could be used by the station staff if an emergency meant they had to stay overnight at the studio. I asked if I could borrow it. Kelly said it shouldn’t be a problem so I picked it up. After spending a while familiarising ourselves with the studio Sue and I returned to our apartment to sort out the sleeping arrangements and a few other things. ‘Why the bed?’ Sue asked as I put it up in the corner of the main room of the. Yet 5 minutes later she was still chatting away, with no sign of stopping. I was feeling very foolish standing, looking at my daughter as she virtually ignored me. Finally I spoke again. "Stacey I've been very patient, hang up that phone this instant." "Mother you are so rude, I'm on the phone with a friend. Can't you just leave and come back when I'm finished?" I felt a little tingling sensation in my stomach as she said it. I hated when she did this. She. , “ he pretended to look at a non-existent watch, “ ... about this time next week. And I know that for sure.”Paul’s head was spinning. They exchanged their current contact info and said goodnight. ‘What game was Steph playing with me—on top of what she was doing to Linc?’ He went home and flopped into bed, but sleep would evade him that night.His thoughts ran amuck. ‘Steph is one hot woman. I really love her in the sack. But if she can plan something like what she’s doing to that guy she must.