The Girl and the Pendulum (An Original Story – Part 16)
Part Sixteen
“Boone speaking.”
“It’s Cattrell.”
“You found it.”
“Not it. Her.”
Pause. “Her?”
“Yes.”
“A woman stole 101?”
“Yes. I confronted her, and she escaped.”
A moment passes. “What can you tell me about her?”
“It was your wife.”
A garbled knocking sound. A muffled voice. And then: “How can this be? She died in a warehouse fire.”
“Was the body identified?”
“It was burned beyond recognition. But -- but I saw it. I saw her.”
“No DNA confirmation? Dental records?”
“No. Just my visual confirmation.”
“Sorry, Boone. This was a missing wife case in the end. The first one to escape me. She covered her trail well. And left everything behind--”
“Except the droid.”
“--except the droid, yes.”
“I can’t believe it. This changes everything.” A chilling silence. A whisper. “Whose body was it, then?”
Cattrell wondered. Another woman? Another wife? Another mother? “I don’t know. Is it really your problem?”
A pregnant pause. “Agreed. Let’s drop it.”
“Do you want me to continue trying to retrieve the droid?”
“No. She’s taken everything from me now. It’s better that I move on.”
“I see.”
“Some things are best left lost.”
“Understood.” But he wondered if he really did.
“Cattrell?”
“Yes?”
“My hat tips to you for solving the case.” Click.
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"The Girl and the Pendulum" is an 18-part future-noir science fiction story about a a private investigator's search for a missing android. How can a man who searches for missing women find lost artificial intelligence? I welcome feedback on this story about a man and his difficult case in a post-war, post collapse world. Stay tuned, as I also will begin publishing my 300,000 word epic novel "The Messiah" on Steemit in 2017.
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