10:42
As his Hundai Magma breezed through the streets of Amsterdam, his mind was in turmoil. He guessed anyone who came home to find his wife being fucked by another man was likely to explode in violence. He knew he wasn't being fair. It wasn't his home anymore, she was no longer his wife and it hadn't really been a man that had been fucking her. It was a sex robot designed to look like a man. They weren't very popular but some women do have them.
When they were still married his wife had loved sex toys especially dildos and vibrators. She didn't mind when he would watch with interest as she brought herself off. Wasn't a male sex robot just another toy for her to use? Why should he be angry about it? He was also aware that he was a big fucking hypocrite since he regularly fucked Agnes his sexy robotic maid. She was built like a Russian supermodel and was hard to resist.
His palmtop began to burr.
"Speak," he said sullenly and the call came in through the car speakers.
"Who the fuck do you think you are, Marcus barging into my house like that?"
He sighed. She still wanted a fight.
"Let it go, Angie."
"Let it go?" She asked incredulously. "You fire a gun in my house, Marcus. A gun! And you shoot my sex robot in the face while I was only a few feet away. I'll make sure they'll have your badge for this!"
"Angie..."
"Why the hell were you in my house anyway? You knew I should be out then. What were you looking for?"
"There was a baseball bat I forgot to take when I packed out. You didn't know about it. I just wanted to quietly get it and leave."
"You mean that bat with bloodstains on it? I found it last week and thought maybe it was a piece of evidence you stole or something. I know what you are capable of. Anyway I didn't want that disgusting thing in my house so I mailed it to you."
"You did?" Marcus asked, confused. "I didn't get it."
"I don't care, Marcus. I'll be pressing charges by the way. See ya!"
The line went dead.
Shit, thought Marcus. He was in trouble now. The palmtop began to burr again.
"Speak. Listen, no need for you to start acting like a crazy bitch..."
"Hello? Hey, I'm not crazy."
"Er... Who is this?"
"I need to speak with you, Marcus Bleak. Please meet me at Tony's Bar around a quarter to ten this evening. I have something extremely important to tell you."
"What? Who is this?" Marcus decided from her voice that she was extremely beautiful.
"Please be there, Marcus. It is a matter of life and death. Goodbye."
"Wait!"
She was gone.
Tony's Bar, Lindengracht, Amsterdam,
Wednesday, 09 October, 2052
21:45
The smell of stale cigarette smoke that lingered in the still air of Tony's Bar assailed his nostrils as Marcus pushed his bulk past the beaded curtain and scowled his way to the bar. A few people littered the room, crouched over their beverages as they chatted, quarrelled or flirted with each other. Immediately Marcus entered the bar a hush seemed to fall over the congregation. The temperature seemed to drop below freezing. Tony's Bar was a haunt for the most shady in Amsterdam and Marcus was bad news anywhere he went. No one dared look him in the eye- idiots who did usually found themselves in a world of hurt.
Tony the bartender and owner of the not so prestigious establishment looked up in alarm when he felt the sudden collective mood swing in his beloved bar. He groaned when Marcus pulled up a bar stool and hopped on it.
"For fuck sake, Marcus, go away, I have a business to run."
"Relax, Tony, don't get your knickers in a bunch, I'm here to meet someone."
"I'm not in the mood to mop blood off the floor."
"Tony, that's hurtful, you know I'm a pacifist."
"Yeah, so says those poor sods in the hospital. Have your meeting in the V.I.P room, I don't want you sitting here scaring away my customers."
"Whatever you say, Tony! I'll have a bottle of champagne."
"Celebrating?"
"I'm always celebrating."
Tony ushered him into the V.I.P room and begged him not to appear at the bar again. If he wanted service he should press the buzzer. Marcus assured him that he was in his best behaviour. Tony told him that was what he was worried about.
Marcus lit up a cigarette and waited. The champagne arrived and he helped himself to a glass. As he drank he avoided thinking about his immediate future. Right now it was beginning to look like his last name. His wife would most certainly call the police and report the roboticide he committed at her home. He was in big trouble. He was certain he would lose his badge this time. What moral right had he to investigate a roboticide when he was guilty of exactly the same thing? He had no justification for his act except blind jealousy and rage and that made him no different from the other anti-robot fanatics out there.
Suddenly he was aware of another hush in the bar. She must have arrived, he thought and she must be really something to get the tongues of drunks tied in a knot. When the woman walked into the V.I.P room even Marcus' breath was taken away. She was an exceedingly beautiful woman with curves that could only belong to a fallen angel.
She had a perfect tanned complexion with flawless skin. Her long oval face, shoulder length, jet black hair and an exciting pair of lips looked out of this world. She looked like she belonged to a higher dimension, a being that mere mortals like Marcus could only bow down to worship. And her eyes... They were like liquid pools of velvet fire. When she looked at Marcus he felt unworthy to be in her presence. She wore a simple yet elegant dress that proudly displayed her fantastic body. Marcus was shell shocked.
She smiled as she sat at his table. Marcus was aware he was staring at her in disbelief. She stared back at him amused.
"Would you like a picture?" she drawled. "It will last longer."
"Sorry," he said grinning, "You are quite stunning."
"So, I've heard."
"So, who are you?"