Glenn Mercer pulled his BMW into the garage of his Boston home.
Daisy Lighthouse as she called herself admired the estate he owned long before parking. Offering her compliments of his gardening skills which he laughed at with a remarked, "That would be the gardener, Jose's job. Once a week."
Gathering her bags from the trunk and the back seat he showed her the way into the house. Once over the garage entries threshold Daisy stood in awe.
"This is the cleanest house I have ever seen. Maid?"
He chuckles, "No. Just a neat freak."
She smiles devilishly, "Guess you're not looking to hire a maid then."
He drops her bags by the steps of a sunken living room and chuckles taking his leather jacket off.
"I'd have to go over your job references and qualifications."
She stuck her tongue out at him, "We both know I'd look good in a French Maids outfit."
He nods leaning over to return his tongue back at her, "And it appears you speak French very well Madamoiselle!"
After a silent stare he clasps his hands together. "Okay. I know you're starving and I'm certain tired. Let's get your wardrobe to the guestroom and I can show you the shower. With the fellas coming over to play poker we usually just order out for pizza. That sound okay for dinner?"
She expresses her delight with, "Absolutely! Actually, I'm not as tired as I was. I guess the excitement of my first new friend and his generosity have opened my eyes. Should I stay in my room while your friends are here so they don't get the wrong impression? They might insinuate that we have something extracuricular if you know what I mean."
He frowns with a pucker, "Personally I don't care what they say. I'll leave that up to you. You are definitely welcome to join us." She eyes the fireplace to the left of the sunken living room and the picture frames on its mantle. A casual journey to be nosey he spots Glenn and another woman in a picture frame. With an awkward clearing of his throat he opens up, "That's Samantha! Sam as I called her. Ex-Wife!" Daisy notes another photo of a teenage boy, "Your son?"
"Yes. Liam! He just turned eighteen. Lives with his Mother over at Beacon Hill. I get him every two weeks religiously. Loves sports. Usually hit a Sox game couple times a season. Bruins otherwise. Plays guitar!"
She smiles respectfully, "As handsome as his Father. Hopefully I won't be a burden long so I don't interfere with his next visitation."
He puts a hand up to stop her, "Don't sweat it. Liam's cool. It's not like we're lovers you and I."
He blushes lightly as she stares at him without expression. Swiftly changing the subject he looks at his watch, "Three hours til the guys get here. I need to set up the card table out by the pool and make a beer run. You go freshen up and I'll get what I need done."
She looks around the house, "You have a pool?"
He motions with his head to follow her through the house to a set of french doors leading to an indoor pool. Sliding them open she smiles vividly, "I haven't swam in ten years. Would you mind while I'm here?"
He chuckles, "Feel free, Rainbow Bright."
Winking over her array of bikini colors in the bags Glenn rubs his palms together.
She in turn grins, "Yellow it is."
Nodding without words Glenn shuts the door and returns to the bags gathering them up with her help. Furthering their travel upstairs he shows her a room which contained a kingsized bed and plenty of space. Placing the bags on the mattress he points to the door to an ajoining bathroom. "Bathrooms in there. Fully stocked with everything you might need, be you male or female. I buy in bulk. Not just a neat freak." He rolls his eyes sensing he's being a geek, "I'm going now. See you around 7:00?"
"Daisy Fresh!" She smiles as her bodies scent expresses a vivid breath of fresh air.
Glenn leaving the room by closing the door she finds herself alone. Sitting on the bed after shuffling bags to make a seat she glances around the room. Silence took over for 5 minutes. Guilt still creased her thoughts. She wondered how her fellow escapees were coping with freedom. It had to have been difficult on some of them. Their luck was hardly as fortunate as Daisy's. Their struggle to create new identities had to be traumatic. Still she wished them nothing but the best.
Deep inside her android body she studied her organic circuitry and learned more about herself. So many facets to this new body she inhabited. What worried her most was her defense mechanisms. This android body was after all built to be a lethal weapon. It dawned on her while subjected to the bus ride to Boston that if this body reacted to being caught off guard she might kill someone. That scared the holy hell out of her. Yet, Glenn was not a corpse after their coffee impact.
Sure, her brain patterns mastered over the Androids guidance system yet it was designed to react to any emergency. She found Glenn Mercer to be very likeable and to ever hurt him would destroy what little soul she carried over with her thoughts.
With a sigh she breaks her trance and stands up to find hangers in the closet for her new clothing. Dangling the necessities on rods she closed the door and went about placing her dainties in the dresser to the left of her bed. Finally she crumpled the bags and hid them under the bed for now. In her reflections she lost track of two whole hours.
Her journey ended in the bathroom where she glared at herself in the basins mirror. With a glint of disgust she abandoned her stolen clothing she had worn ever since her escape. "Time to toss out these rags. Moving up to the east side Weezie!"
Once nude she again admired herself, "There is just no words for what I've become. Getting used to this Goddess effect should be easier than this. I don't deserve to be this hot. A lowly microtechnician who can't even apply her skills ever again. How would I produce credentials for a job in my field? At least not without offering up red flags for OASIIS and the Government hovering over their computers just hoping I make that mistake. No, whatever I do for work it has to be simple and unnoticeable. Hate to say it but I might have to get a job as a stripper. Cash only. Ugh! I see my old chunky butt body swinging on a stripper pole. Gotta close that part of my brain off somehow. Learning to walk Baby."