Annika hasn't been the same since her accident. She's missing memories. Losing time. Remembering things that never happened. She's lucky to have her devoted husband Hugh to take care of her. So lucky.
Sure, he keeps threatening to replace her with one of those new companion bots. But it's just a joke. He loves her too much to trade her in for a cold, soulless robot, who would never have a thought of its own and never question him. And he definitely wasn't involved in her accident—how could she even think such a thing?
If she's noticed him acting strangely, it's because her brain is still damaged from the accident. And Hugh is there to help her get better. He's always right there…
This short story is 9800 words long. It is also available in Digital Soul, a science fiction short story collection.
Other books by Zoe Cannon
Zoe Cannon writes about the things that fascinate her: outsiders, societies no sane person would want to live in, questions with no easy answers, and the inner workings of the mind. If she couldn't be a writer, she would probably be a psychologist, a penniless philosopher, or a hermit in a cave somewhere. While she'll read anything that isn't nailed down, she considers herself a YA reader and writer at heart. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and a giant teddy bear of a dog, and spends entirely too much time on the internet.
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