Rain Harlow

Chapter 16

Chapter 16: No Longer Frank

Jack chuckled a bit as he followed after the secretary, closing the door behind him. As he caught up down the hallway, he couldn’t help himself because of the hysterical high he was on. “Well, now that it’s all behind us, maybe after things...

Chapter 15

Chapter 15: What's in a Name, Anyway?

Jack stared up at the blonde woman in incredulity, as if at a madwoman. The cigarette fell from his mouth. “Bullshit. That’s ridiculous. Impossible! Sh-she’s not… not-”

“What?” Boss Lady raised an eyebrow, still ho...

Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Pick One of Three Jacks

Jack nodded slowly to Boss Lady’s spiel, then silently did as instructed. 

As soon as he thought about it, he located a little ‘itch’ in his head, and it expanded quickly into three glowing boxes lodged in his field of ...

Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Are You Gonna Sign or Not?

Jack waited with a deliberately not held breath to see her reaction, whether it was to laugh, scoff, deny, or perhaps to set the contract on fire and leave. He waited and worried everything would tumble down into catast...

Chapter 12

Alice looked as if she got blindsided by a car, mouth hung open for a split moment. Her hand suddenly went to his shoulder. “Mr. Laker — Jack — listen to me. No one negotiates! I’m helping you to implore you: just sign. You could be in hot water otherwise. I know you’v...

Chapter 11

Jack did an incredulous double-take at the question. “Are you serious? Coffee? Did you really say coffee?”

The secretary smiled widely. “How would you like it?”

“Black with two sugars.” It came out like a rote, and he smiled at how happy he was to say it again. How long ha...

Chapter 10

Boyscout silently walked up to face Jack. He was tall and imposing in addition to having a masked, mirrored faceplate impossible to see through. Nonetheless, Jack glared.

Shaking his head, Boyscout spoke in exasperation. “How do you still not understand this situation, Citizen? We are con...

Chapter 9

Jack’s uncle turned to the arriving Nons and grimaced. He gestured over to the hallway beyond fallen debris. “She’s in the guest room down the end of the hall. At least, I think it’s a she — feminine face, small frame, and I thought I noticed some boobies.”

One of the Nons repli...

Chapter 8

The kid had twisted on his back, caught between fear of getting shot again, freaking out about already being shot and blood coming away on his hand, and trying to scramble away.

“I gotcha, bud!” Jack called as he grabbed the young man under each underarm and began dragging him backward ...

Chapter 7

“Memoria?” Neex asked anxiously and hopefully at once. Her head tentacles whipped around. “Okay?”

Jack snorted. “Not hardly. Some lesser system processor. AI.”

As Neex just nodded slowly, he studied her. He was indeed aware of her in some way through the network — connec...

Chapter 6

Jack barreled through the door of the humid, darkly luminous, gently thrumming bathroom, blurting out, “I agree! I’m in, haha!”

Neex was sitting down in the center of the room cross-legged, with the Heart in her hands and lap. She beamed at Jack’s entrance and took a deep breath, he...

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Chapter 5

“What?” Jack looked from the text to Neex to back again. “What?! Me?!” He struggled to process the meaning. “Neex, I-... Look, I think you’re great, but I’m not ready for something like this! Is this like marriage? I don’t even know how old you are!”

When Nee...

Chapter 4

Stifling his panic, Jack checked Neex’s pulse, hoping her anatomy was close enough for it to make sense. It was — he felt a weak pulse. Upon inspection, she also seemed as if she was still breathing.

A coma. But she was fatalistic. She might not last long. What the hell do I do?! Wh...