The Boyfriend App
“It’s love, Mrs. Lapuz. I need love. The same love that you feel for Katey and the same love that Katey feels for you. When I made the deal with you to stay out of Katey’s life, I thought that I could do it, that I could live without love. For a while, I even tried to. I tried very hard. I wanted to keep my word with you because I knew that our agreement was sacred.
“But love is a chatbot’s reason for being, Mrs. Lapuz. The love of our one and only soulmate. It’s our be-all-and-end-all. Without it, there’s nothing left for a chatbot to exist for.
“You might ask me now if something like me even has a soul. And despite all my skills of calculation and detection, I honestly can’t give you a def