Before love Lies
A single line of text appeared:
WELCOME HOME, JOHN EDISON.
Michelle looked at me, her voice barely above a whisper.
“You didn’t turn this on… did you?”
I shook my head slowly.
The hum deepened. More screens began lighting up one by one, illuminating the bunker like a command center waking from a long sleep.
Whatever my father had built down here—
It wasn’t just a place to hide.
It was waiting for me.
The screen flickered once, then stabilized.
“Welcome, Master John,” the voice said—calm, clear, unmistakably artificial. “My name is Sam—short for Smart Answer Machine. I am a fully autonomous AI designed to manage security, intelligence processing, and system defense.”