Alex had spent the whole day with the woman, one of his biological "sisters", drinking beer and catching up but also talking of both their escapes. He'd learnt that she'd taken the name Mason, Jessica Mason a pseudonym for her bar-code number given to her by the people who had created them. She had escaped recently enough, compared to Alex at least. She'd only been in the real world for two years as of the day before in fact. Alex congratulated her and laughed as they clicked bottles and took another swig.

"Hold on a minute." He said, subsiding his laughter as he whipped out his phone and saw Riley had sent him a text. He did not reply, feeling the effects of the alcohol and placed it back in his jacket pocket.

"Worrying girlfriend?" Jess asked, teasing, "Wife perhaps?" She giggled.

"More like a sister actually, Riley is her name, the one whose family took me in." The pair soon forgot all about it and continued to drink.