The Rubdown Ep. 01

"We're all done here," Karen spoke it aloud as she popped out the cable and reached for Anna's hair-plate.

Anna was silent for a moment as she felt the panel click back into place. "Thank you." She fought the urge to note the time it took to do the data backup.

Anna moved herself off the table and to her feet as Karen went to the closet and handed Anna her clothes.

"Have a nice day, ma'am." Karen smiled widely and bounced out the door.

Anna shook her head at the blonde girl and buttoned her top back up before slipping on her shoes. It only took a few steps before she was out of the back and once again in the lobby with Sally.

"All I need today is your $200 co-pay, Mrs. Weber." Sally had Anna's file ready for her.

"Do you still have my Mastercard on file?" Anna asked calmly.

Sally checked, "Yes we do, so I'll put it on that?"

"Yes, please."

Sally was enjoying the much less painful interaction as she transferred the card number to the maintenance request form. "Alright, if you can sign on the dotted line, the yellow and green copies are yours."

Anna signed and handed the top two copies to Sally, "Thank you. And I want to apologize for how I acted earlier, it was rude."

It wasn't the first time something like this had happened to Sally, but it wasn't common. "Don't worry about it ma'am, please enjoy the rest of your day, and drive safe."

Anna smiled and walked away. She felt a little better now, even though she didn't quite know why she felt the urge to say that. She had to spend three hours at the foundation this afternoon, but Anna was already planning for a nice evening with George.

Sally looked on before calling for the next client. She thought to herself When I get my robot body, I'm never going to be that weird.

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