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    Alterations
    Alterations
    Alterations
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    Alterations

    By Jane Suen

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    Gigi, Ellen, Lilly… three women so desperate to change their lives that they turn to the mysterious Dr. Kite, who offers them an implant that can control their mind.  

    Will Gigi find her true love? Can Ellen’s miraculous, sudden weight loss bring her romance and self-respect? Can Lilly put her bitter divorce behind her? They’re willing to risk it all to find the happiness they’ve always searched for. 

    But sometimes your deepest desire can become your worst nightmare.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJane Suen
    Release dateJul 9, 2017
    ISBN9780997929744
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      Book preview

      Alterations - Jane Suen

      Chapter 1

      GIGI

      Gigi revved the engine of her old, trusty car. She cranked the window down halfway. Backbone straight, she adjusted her grip on the steering wheel. She focused, bent on reaching her destination, setting her sight on it like a bullseye, having practiced this a million times in her mind—visualizing this moment, every second in slow motion, her mind obsessed with it.

      She took one last look in the rearview mirror, fixing her hair and touching up her lipstick. A girl’s gotta look good on this special day. She had picked the spot. No negotiating or backing out now.

      Taking in a deep breath, she held it for a brief second, then let it out with a satisfying swoosh.

      If her hands were free, she would have been pummeling her chest like Tarzan and making that high-pitched, savage cry. She smiled, picturing Tarzan swinging across the treetops, traveling with exhilarating speed on the canopy highway of the jungle. She allowed herself this final indulgence before pressing on the gas pedal and speeding down the deserted highway, heading straight toward the concrete wall of the curved underpass.

      She tightened her grip on the wheel one more time.

      At the last moment, an instant before the crash, the wall looming, Gigi’s survival instinct kicked in. The tires screeched. Then metal scratched concrete, scraping the front corner and the left side of the car, ripping off the side mirror as she turned the wheel in a desperate attempt to save herself, the car careening one way, then jerking back, before coming to an abrupt stop on the grassy strip on the other side of the highway. The car fizzed as it expelled its final breaths.

      Chapter 2

      DR. KITE

      Awhite van pulled up beside the car and two men jumped out, rolling a gurney. They put Gigi, still unconscious, on the stretcher. One man went back to grab her purse, scooping up the contents which spilled in his hurry. He looked around, eyes darting everywhere, keeping a wary watch on the road for vehicles. The other, a taller man, checked her pulse before placing a call on his cell phone.

      We found her. He listened and nodded. Uh-huh… through the tracking device in her microchip… we’re on our way.

      The van sped away, leaving no trace. It raced into the city and to a warehouse docking area, disappearing into the dark hollows of the building as the doors swung closed behind it.

      The two men wheeled Gigi into a room where a man dressed in medical scrubs was waiting. With his stereoscopic eyepiece, he could be mistaken for a dentist.

      Dr. Kite, she’s all yours, the taller man said. He watched as the doctor carefully examined Gigi, then made a slit in her upper arm, removing a microchip encased in a clear capsule.

      What have I done? said the doctor as he stared at the chip.

      Chapter 3

      DR. KITE

      Gigi had never been suicidal before. Her death wish, propelling her toward an extremely violent end, only came after he implanted this new mind control chip. Did it malfunction, triggering an out-of-character suicide attempt?

      Kite looked at Gigi stretched out on the table. We gave you perfection, how could you not want that? No disease, no malfunctioning organs, every cell optimized and in perfect working order.

      And she would never have to worry as long as the microchip was inside her. She was a lucky one. Every healthy cell programmed to copy and regenerate on a timetable, every sick cell targeted to die. It was his masterpiece.

      He conducted hundreds of scientific experiments, working tirelessly until he successfully developed his products. Gigi had been implanted with one of his three earlier prototypes. That original microchip needed an enhancement, long overdue, so they called her in last week to implant a new second-generation, upgraded model with mind control and a tracking device.

      If only, this time, they could control the mind. The body they could now fix—not just for cosmetic reasons, but to cure people who were ill like Gigi, destroying the defective cells and replacing them with healthy ones. Once he perfected this microchip, he would have riches beyond imagination. How many people? Millions, no billions. Why, he’d even offer different grades of this microchip to make it more affordable. He could almost hear the people clamoring for it.

      He touched Gigi’s face. She had been cleaned up, every trace of the near-crash removed. He sighed. The upgraded mind control chip he’d implanted—he had been so close to the ultimate success. But he wasn’t there yet. What went wrong today? Had it tried to make Gigi do something against her nature? Did she suppress or override its mind control? Was the chip ineffective or defective? With a shrug, he turned, walked across the room to retrieve Gigi’s original chip from storage, then re-implanted it in her arm.

      The taller man wheeled Gigi down the hall and into a vast room filled with drawers. He slid her into an empty cabinet and rolled it shut. On the keypad next to it, he selected the Regenerate button.

      Chapter 4

      LILLY

      They let Gigi sleep. And sleep well she did that night, undisturbed in the hard cocoon of her drawer, kept warm and quiet, accompanied by the soft hum of the equipment. Nothing was left to chance that might stand in the way of optimal recovery for Dr. Kite’s patients. Especially Gigi. Tonight was a tough night, with Kite worrying about Gigi again. Her actions and movements were becoming more erratic since he

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