4PM. Samantha's Hood. ~Dare Ofegu~"You don't have to worry too much, I'll keep your company. At least, that's what best friends are for!"I knew she was trying to please me. But twas quite a wonder that she was trying to make me feel better. Maybe I still get shocked by her advances because I refuse to admit that she's an advanced bot which has been updated to the peak of its AI, to replace humans. The first and best of her kind. "That's sweet of you Imara, but that doesn't make me feel any better. You know what drives me nuts the more, that Samantha just ruled it out outrightly! Without second thoughts or hearing me out."She didn't say anything to that. She was seated opposite me on a couch. I, leaning into the couch, while she, suspended half-way. "You sure would keep me company indeed."I scorned. "What you did was say how you felt. There was nothing to add to it. No question ask

       Cleaver's Ave. ~Dare Ofegu~ "This is Imara, the wonder bot I told you about." I started after settling into the couch. Imara was seated beside me, Maria standing in front of the couch opposite ours.  "She looks quite real to be a bot. If I see her from distance, I would think she was a human." She settled into the couch too. She was dressed in a simple white gown, as usual. Her face lit by the glee brought by my visit. But I knew too well what was about to happen.  Maybe I shouldn't tell her the main reason I'd paid the visit.  "You don't look bad either. You have no idea how joyfully it feels to lay eyes on you again. You appear just like a comet in the sky." I smiled, quite genuinely, but pressured.  "I'm very happy to see you too. You know, you're like a mother to me." She chuckled.  "Ah, silly me. What would you love to drink? Coffee, wine,

      Kafula. ~Kola Adefarasin~"Didn't know you're the workaholic type. Or are you just putting up a show?"The feminine voice paced from the door and hit me differently. I was actually engrossed in what I was doing. But  not only was the voice familiar, its wave pushed up my head in the direction. Oh. "Is that your own way of saying, good morning, Miss Amy?"I looked quickly away from her again. She was dressed in a skimpy skirt, milk-colored blouse, black long coat and well braided hair. There was an unprecedented smirk stalking her face; the whole of her expression. "For your own sake, bro. I'll hope that you haven't come to work here to mess with Dare again. I don't care what you guys shared in the past. If you've come to make a mess, I promise you a quick and humiliating demotion. But before then, we'd have a huge fall out."I couldn't help but stop what I was doing. For a moment, twas reall

       Few weeks later. Samantha's Hood. ~Dare Ofegu~"Wake up."Came the familiar voice outside my door. The knock came again as well as the voice. I was sure of who that was. Samantha. "Go away."I rolled in bed. My eyes were still heavy. Yesterday was hell of a day. I won't go into details. You're not entitled to know everything that happens to me. The knock kept coming. I pushed the duvet down, swiping my cold palm over my face."30 minutes more please."I called weakly as I turned in the bed. The weak pupils strayed to the table clock on the bedside drawer. The fuck?! 9PM!"I'm coming in."I could here her punch the code to my room in and the door beeped. It opened. She strode in, in a wine gown and heels. "Get dressed, we're going to work."The remaining cloud of gloom stalking my eyes were snapped at instantly. I sat up in bed as she walked to the le

      Saturday. ~Samantha's Hood~"Let's stop here."I halted, breathing heavily. The truth was we've been walking not running, but that wasn't relevant. It didn't seem to be. "Are you tired already?"Imara asked, holding that porous gaze. "I'm not sure you know what fatigue is. I bet you can work all decades without stopping. Isn't that true?"She tried shaking her head in disapproval. It seemed like I've thought her several things."If I'm not willing, I won't work. And no man in his right sense would have a bot work non-stop for several weeks. And come to think of it, can a man work non-stop from several weeks?""You seem to keep forgetting that you ain't a human. We are different. What if Samantha wants you to work for long without rest, or have you do what you don't want, would you turn her offer down?"She whirred at me,"With the quick analysis I've made of her, she i