Love-Bot: DroidMesh Trilogy, #2 by Billy DeCarlo

Author:Billy DeCarlo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science fiction robot android utopia sci-fi Artificial intelligence ai clones romance love Colonizat
Publisher: Wild Lake Press, Inc
Published: 2018-06-25T00:00:00+00:00

23 Home Calls

HARLEY TINKERED with the DroidMesh station, attempting to fashion a makeshift development platform. Charles sat next to him, offering observations and advice.

"It should be quite possible," Charles said. "The DroidMesh station has full access to all core android internal systems. It's just a matter of finding the right interface to push the update."

Harley felt guilty about not disclosing precisely what he wanted to do if he could find a way to apply programming patches to the android. In their discussions, he could sense the parts of Isaac that were in Charles, and had grown to like him. It's for the greater good.

Attempt after attempt failed, and he was growing more frustrated and pessimistic each time. His communicator went off, startling him. It announced an incoming session from Isaac.

"Quickly, Charles. Please go to the hiding place."

Charles hobbled off, and Harley accepted the communication. A holographic image of Isaac appeared before him.

"Hi, Da! I miss you," the boy said.

"I miss you too, son. Where are you?"

"I'm at the Leadership Complex. Betsy brought me. They said I can only talk to you from here, and in a private pod."

"Good. I'm glad we can talk. How're you doing? What's new?"

"I'm doing well. I'm doing well in school, Da. I want to make you proud. If I do well in school, will you come home?"

Harley felt his heart drop. "Oh, Isaac. I'm not here because of you. I'm proud of you; I'm always proud of you. I'll be home soon, don't you worry. Are Betsy, Carrie, and Liam treating you well?"

"Yeah, Da. We're having a lot of fun. They took me to the place where the androids are created. It was really cool."

"I'm glad you enjoyed that." The news alarmed Harley, as he hadn't authorized any trips. He made a note to discuss it with Betsy upon his return.

"I want to go back to school, Da. I'm bored and lonely at home. I'm sick of playing virtual soccer, and Liam's my only friend. I want to find a girlfriend. I miss Kim. Maybe she'll be my girlfriend now that Ralph's gone."

Harley thought about how his son's heart had been broken. His dream of a girlfriend had come true when he became Liam, and then was dashed when Liam had been discovered as an android. His son had been so happy but then devastated. It was a mistake; I hurt him in the end.

"How about we talk about that when I'm home, buddy? I think we can work that out. It would be good for you to be back around a lot of kids."

"I already asked Betsy and Carrie. They said I'm better off here with them," Isaac said glumly.

They're keeping him isolated. I have to work faster, Harley thought.

"Listen, son. Remember the game we used to play? The one where we'd hide things on each other and make it really hard to find them? You always hid my communicator and laughed at me while I tried to find it, remember?"

Isaac perked up. "Yeah, Da! That was fun.

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