I probably cried for a full ten minutes with Dad just holding me. When I was all cried out, I felt calmer. I felt stronger. Whatever I decided to do would be an improvement over the current state of affairs. Right now, many serial killers went undiscovered and remained at large. Those who were caught, generally faced life in prison. Some received the death penalty after years of appeals and prison.
I stood there in my father's tight embrace. I reached out my awareness to Joe and re-established the link to the adult me android. For second, I watched my child's body and my father. It was an image I wanted to remember for the rest of my life.
"I've made a decision," my adult voice broke the silence. Dad jumped almost out of his skin, not realizing that I had reactivated the android.
"It's just me, Dad," my child self-whispered.
