Emergent (A Beta Novel)
“MOTHER SCREAMS FROM THE witness stand. I should be concentrating on more important matters—like my imminent sentencing—but I can’t help let out a little laugh at how funny Mother sounds, the shrillness of her exclamation completely at odds with her breathy, childlike voice. I was supposed to be an emotionless clone. Instead, I’m a victim of a terrible human oddity—a funny bone. Further enraged by my laughter, Mother points her bejeweled, burgundy-painted fingertip at me, and repeats her shrill ...accusation. “SLUT SLUT SLUT!”
The judge raps her gavel. “Order! Order! There’s no need for such shouting here. Such ugly words. Tsk, tsk. Compose yourself, Mrs. Bratton.”
Mother wipes her brow and takes a deep breath. “Sorry, Your Honor,” Mother says quietly in her babyish voice. It’s so obvious she’s not sorry. The only thing she’s sorry about is that rash purchase she made: me.
By Demesne standards, Mother’s family is poor.MoreLess
The judge raps her gavel. “Order! Order! There’s no need for such shouting here. Such ugly words. Tsk, tsk. Compose yourself, Mrs. Bratton.”
Mother wipes her brow and takes a deep breath. “Sorry, Your Honor,” Mother says quietly in her babyish voice. It’s so obvious she’s not sorry. The only thing she’s sorry about is that rash purchase she made: me.
By Demesne standards, Mother’s family is poor.MoreLess
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