Rewinding My Reaper Boyfriend
"But yeah. Getting you out of the way makes it easier. You withdraw. Tonight. Citing 'medical complications' for your boyfriend. And I delete the file."
Elion looked at the recorder.
"You know," Elion said thoughtfully, "that tape proves something else too."
"What? That your boyfriend is a robot?"
"It proves I knew," Elion said. "I asked him about it. I confronted him."
"So?"
"So, if you release it... I'm not the victim. I'm the accomplice."
Elion took a step forward.
"And if I'm the accomplice," Elion said, his voice dropping to a conspiratorial whisper, "then I can spin it."