Eve has spent nearly a decade as a part of my family, as a part of my life. Originally, she was programmed to help. Since then, I have removed both th...e chip and the board from her, so she has complete free will, even here. I am proud to announce, publicly, that she has also agreed to become my wife.”There were a couple of shocked looks at that, and I made note of who had them on their faces. From the corner of my eye, I saw Jerome and James doing the same thing. Other than that, everyone else. “Mrs. Hayward, are you home?” Karen heard loudly from the front door.“Is that you Abby?”“Yes, it is!”“I’m in the kitchen!”Karen looked up to see the budding young woman who someday might be her daughter-in-law. “I thought you were working this afternoon?”“I was but there was a water main break on the road in front of the restaurant and we had no water so the manager closed us for the rest of the day. I took the bus and walked the few blocks home.”“I’m happy that you are here. Would you like to. Ed turned white and started to stammer, “Oh, um, ah...”“It’s OK,” she answered, slowing walking down the stairs. “I figured it out on my own today. Becky, can I watch some TV downstairs for a while?”“Sure!” I led her past Ed, who just stood there stunned, and as we reached the living room I gave her the remote and whispered to her, “” She just smiled and flicked on the TV and turned the volume up fairly loud as I left.Ed was sweating bullets in the hall as I led him upstairs to my bedroom. . ‘Tell me about them. Where are they now?’ She sighed. ‘Scott is in LA with his father. Well, they’re not actually together. Michael’s with his girlfriend out there and Scott’s in school at UC Long Beach, or maybe he’s off this semester, I’m not sure. He doesn’t talk to me much. Last I heard he was trying to get his real estate license. He’s very ambitious, very focused.’ ‘And Talia?’ ‘Tonia,’ she corrected. ‘Antonia Michelle. She’s doing a semester in Germany, in Munich. She’s doing very well..