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Brenda!”
    Of course Kirsten knows my husband’s mother, they both work here.
    “I saved her.” To my right blonde boy has approached. He puffs up his bare chest with pride.
    “I didn’t drown.” I rub my forehead in frustration. “I’m fine. I just want to get home and get changed.”
    “Please, Miss!” The spa manager comes running up. “Let us sort you out with a dry dressing gown at least.”
    Scraping my hand down my face, I blink. And then I blink again in surprise.
    Blink, blink, blink go my eyelids as a blinking and flashing light up spa robot comes floating towards me. It’s another white number like Lara’s bridal bot, except this thing is definitely not shaped like a wedding bell. It’s a large white block and as it nears me a robot arm extends gripping towels and a comfortable looking robe.
    No! I must not succumb to the allure of such luxuries. Kirsten’s robot malfunction nearly cost me my life by pushing me into the pool. Whatever’s wrong with her bot might happen to my own and as far as I’m concerned the robot at my cafe is going straight back to Oliver tomorrow. Even if I have to drag the thing to CoTechnic myself.
    “Um…” I mumble and take a step back towards the exit. “I’m fine really, I just need to get home.”
    Everyone practically charges toward me. Brenda starts complaining that I can’t get out of exercising so easily as drowning. Kirsten is apologising for her stupid robot. The manager looks concerned as he nears with his huge spa bot, and the lifeguard lad is still pressuring me to go to hospital.
    There’s nothing else for it really. If I’m ever going to get dry I’m just going to have to leave.
    So that’s what I do. I turn around and head straight out the large sliding glass doors. I don’t hear any chatter behind me and I’m assuming I’m not being followed. I make it to my car without any further fuss, hop in and the second I sit down, lifeguard lad joins me in the passenger seat.
    “What on earth do you think you’re doing?” I gape at him.
    “If you won’t go to hospital I’m going to make sure you get home safely.” He looks at me with big blue eyes and I’m beyond creeped out by this kid.
    “You actually just got into my car.” My voice doesn’t begin to describe the outrage I feel within. “Get out immediately or I’ll have you arrested for… for…” I can’t think of anything off the bat, I’m so flabbergasted at the audacity of this teenager. “Just get out of my car!”
    Of all the reactions I could ever expect from a crazy lad, a smile isn’t one of them. And that’s exactly what he does. He grins at me. “Okay,” he says.
    Next thing I know he’s hopped out of his seat. After the bonkers teenager shuts the passenger side door, he starts waving at me.
    I don’t even…
    I can’t…
    My mind is having trouble processing everything that’s occurred tonight, so it takes me a few seconds to shift gears. Once I snap back into reality I’m off. I peel out of the Meli Spa carpark never to return. Ever. Not even if my life depended upon coming back to this posh, yet insanely staffed, place. Somehow I think the opposite of that. My life would be in mortal peril if I were to ever again pass through its spa doors.
     
    Chapter 4

     
    The next day at the cafe the first thing I do is put the behemoth robot out onto the street. Upon arriving this morning I’d left three more messages for Oliver, plus I already told Callum to find him at CoTechnic and collect the chef bot from mine immediately. If Oliver wants his robot back he can come get it. There’s no way I’m keeping that thing inside my premises after one of the guy’s malfunctioning bots almost killed me last night.
    “I am diabolically sorry to hear of your accidents, boss lady.”
    Anika’s new word of the day is as diabolical as her refusal to stop referring to me as the Boss Lady.
    “Never mind.” As she starts prepping the soup of the day ingredients, I make my way