A New Kind of Divorce

Breaking the contract

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After driving for five minutes, I realized I forgot my wallet. I drove back, quietly entered home so that I won’t wake up Mary, and retrieved my wallet.

Mary wasn’t asleep. Her room was closed, but I could hear her talking on the phone.

“Yes, I want to get out of the contract.”

“……”

“There is nothing wrong with Pete. He has all the memories of my late husband. But I can’t forget the fact he is just a machine. He can’t truly replace my husband.”

I dropped my wallet.

After a brief pause, Mary shouted, “Pete, is that you?”

For the weekly prompt:

Weekly Centina Prompt: Reveal a Secret

This a Mini-Novella in Flash exploring the relationship between robots and humans. Below you’ll find links to all of the related pieces:

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5