The robot said, “Guess.”
That was Leo!
I called Leo.
“Where are you?”
“Did you see the gift?”
I touched the robot’s head. “It’s your birthday.
Why are you giving me a robot?”
“You wanted to buy my mouth. I made you one.
Talk to it when you’re bored.”
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My mouth?
I played with the robot.
Leo said, “If you find me, I’ll be your boyfriend.”
He hung up.
I frowned.
Why was he acting up?
Where would I find him?
I knocked on the robot’s head. “Do you know
where your dad is?”
“First place you met.”
What?
The robot could talk?
The first place we met… was that café?
I left and ran to the café.
I had hope.
But he wasn’t there.
That was weird.
Where else had we met?
I saw someone with a cake.
It looked familiar.
“That’s the bakery where Leo stole bread.”
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The robot was upset. “Leo doesn’t steal.”
He didn’t steal?
Where had he gotten the bread?
Had he bought it?
I went across the street to the bakery.
The owner knew me. “Are you looking for Leo?”
“Do you know me?”
The owner smiled. “Come with me.”
She led me to a room upstairs.
