”“Zoe,” I said. “I don’t remember ever giving you a kiss before.”“Well, you did ... I remember it,” she said.“I’m sorry honey, I d...idn’t mean to hurt your feelings, but your three sisters all got on the list. That’s the most of any one family.”“No, the three Newman girls are on the list as well,” Zoe said.“But, you have the fourth and eighth position, while they have the sixth and ninth, so as a family that means the Prefontayne ladies are higher ranked.”“Zoe,” her sister Joan said, “If an. "I've got plans for you." Wow, now that's what I call a welcome home. Let me go put away my stuff, clean up a little bit, and I'll be back so we can discuss this further."I went upstairs, unlocked the guestroom and entered. The door to the room is directly opposite a big window, which looks out over the backyard. The head of the bed is set directly under the window, with the foot of the bed facing the door. To the left of the door, as you enter, is a closet with sliding door, in which I store. At least, Gerry thought, I’ll be able to find out what’s going on and maybe come up with some way to stop them.Gerry was hustled along towards his lab, the fembot not loosening her grip on him for a moment. As she pushed him through the door, his secretary, Alexa as he had jokingly christened her, greeted them. Alexa was a series B unit that he had adapted for the early prototype stages of the project. He’d fitted her with one of the new bodyform covers which had attracted raucous comments from. . Jason ... it's me, Sergeant Gregory, um ... it's me, Jen..." Jen said in a tumble of words, and then in a softer tone the words from memory, she added, "Beta, Charlie, Tango, 447."Jason froze, that was a private team code for a team member in extreme trouble, hurt, and needing help."Where are you?"She gave him the name of the town, and the name of the hospital."How bad?" Bloody. A graze to the head, through and through to the arm and a shoulder hit with a lung graze on the left. I'm in.