A story in the Dark Tales Universe
A story set in the far future. After being stationed in an orbital platform over one of the moons of Jupiter, a man discovers that there are things available to him that ordinary people are not privileged to own. Among them is a rather lifelike android.
The divorce was final. I had full custody of our daughter, Laney. She had just turned fourteen. This is my memory of our first night together at my place. She wanted to take a bath. She wanted me to be in the bathroom next to the tub. She wanted me to wash her. I did.
Peter is stuck at a job fixing a machine at a cheese factory when he suggests that his sexy wife, Kerry, go swimming at a nearby lake with a couple of his employees to fill in the time while he's working. She complains she didn't bring a bikini, and he jokes she could swim in her bra and panties, or go skinny dipping. She goes, but guilt wracks his brain and he decides to catch up with her to apologise.
The groom’s best friend agrees to organize the perfect bachelorette party. But fate intervenes, and the celebration spirals quickly out of control. It ends in an unforgettable night full of forbidden desires, betrayal, and revelations. A year later, the truth surfaces in the most unexpected way.