I'd been fucking my stepmother for nearly eighteen months before she told my father she was pregnant. Unfortunately, my father knew she wasn't pregnant by him. The shock of discovering his wife was pregnant killed him. This is how I punished my stepmother for causing his death.
A McPhail Future Story Maura has been 'Wiped Clean' of her memories - a self imposed solution to her guilty conscience. An implant in her head keeps her compliant to a life of obedience and humility on the 'New Holland' colony. The implant is unpleasant, even in this peaceful setting, but it becomes a much greater liability when Maura finally escapes her self-imposed exile.