As Patience walked beside the railing, she made eye contact with each of those she passed. The information they passed to her was innocuous and for the most part uninteresting—time, weather, schedules. She made cursory connections with an Amonte 2 and a Barone. The third robot she touched with her network connection though had something quite strange. There were several corruptions in his files. Patience gave him another glance, curling her nose in distaste as she realized she had wirelessly touched a Gizmo. He was one of the newer models and his outer workmanship was quite good. Tall and dark-haired, he had a chiseled jaw and a strong nose.
She stepped quickly around him and continued on, making sure that any corrupted files were purged from her system. She saw another Barone, but the three robots that followed were all Gizmos. And they all seemed to have corrupted software. One was so badly fragmented and poorly organized, with half-overwritten files and duplicated data, she was surprised the poor creature could even function.
“Patience? Patience Smith?” said a voice from her right.
“Do I know you?” asked Patience, looking into the eyes of a beautiful brown-skinned Amonte. Instantly she had all the information on the new robot available in her mind. “Assistant to the ship’s doctor—designated Moira.”
“That is correct,” said Moira. “I was hoping to get to meet you.”
“Oh? Why?”
“You are quite famous.”
“How so?”
“Do not feign ignorance,” said Moira. “It is unbecoming of a Daffodil. You know of which I speak. You are one of the first Daffodils to marry a human being.”
“Not the first.”
“No, but you are the first to be recognized as a sentient person and to be emancipated from Daffodil oversight.”
“That is a provisional designation,” said Patience. “I doubt it has earned me many supporters in Cupertino.”
“You would be quite surprised.”
“I didn’t realize there were so many Gizmos on the ship,” said Patience, purposely changing the subject.
“There aren’t that many. Less than 24% of the robot passengers are Gizmos. Interestingly, they seem to be drawn out here at night much more than us.”
Patience scrunched her nose and twisted her mouth, displaying 28.4% disdain, 31.7% superiority, 9.5% dislike, 16.1% unhappiness, and 14.3% a combination of other emotions.
“That is marvelous,” said Moira. “What emotion is that?”
“It is called disgust. I am disgusted to find my habits so apparently in synch with such obviously inferior products.”
City of Amathar 
Please Please do not leave this series hanging! please write more as I am so hooked on the storyline that the characters have become almost real!!! I need to know more about Mike and his family. This has been a brilliant read so far and I’m staggered that this isn’t the next Hollywood smash hit! 10/10
Thanks for your kind words and support. Don’t worry. There is more to come for Mike and Patience.
Hi Wesley, will there be another ‘His Robot Wife’ for us to buy this year? I’ve read the series twice now so need more!!
Mick Perry
I don’t know yet if there will be another His Robot Wife book this year. However “His Robot Girlfriend: Charity” is out this Friday 1-16-15!
Thanks for your quick reply. I have pre ordered ‘Charity’ which is out soon. However my name is Mike and I’m out of Patience! I would really like more of this storyline as its so original. Please don’t abandon them! How about a bribe?
Mick Perry
🙂 Oh, I’ll definitely write another Patience book. I just don’t know if it will be this year or next.
Be positive find time to put pen to paper and forget vacations until you have written the next Mike and Patience episode. Its your fault that i’m having to type begging emails to you to tempt you to get creative. I have noted your comment above, that was 28 months ago so how about it Mr Allison??? Don’t let your army of supporters down!
Mick
Thanks Mick! Now I’ve got the motivation I need to finish this thing! I’m coming in on the home stretch! Try to hold out a bit longer.
Hi Wesley, thanks for your email about being on the home straight with the next Mike and Patience book.
Please excuse my impatience but this has been a long time comming!!
Since the last book I have read the series again and Charity too.
I shall be waiting cash in hand for the next release. Any plans on a release date? Mick Perry
Hey Mick,
As soon as I have a release date, I’ll announce it here. I don’t want to guess yet because I’m hoping this last bit (and the editing) will go quicker than the rest has so far. This is a much bigger story than I’ve written for these characters. It’s about as long as the two previous Robot Wife books put together.
Excellent news. I’m so looking forward to this!
A longer stay in their world too! Make sure you stay fit and healthy – I don’t want any delays Ha! Kind regards, Mick Perry