Chapter 5

I didn't go straight home. Instead, I went to Alex's laboratory.

I wanted to see with my own eyes what this AI robot that had captivated him, that he'd abandoned five years of marriage for, actually looked like.

The lab door wasn't locked. I gently pushed it open and walked in.

The lighting inside was soft, warm yellow light spilling across the center of the room where a girl in a white dress stood.

It was STAR, identical to the photo, identical to me at twenty-two.

Her features were gentle, her skin pale, even the curve of her hair replicated…