Fiona spoke into her watch. “Accuracy data on ‘It’s not what you think.’”
Global recorded utterances of “It‘s not what you think”: 11.82 million
Estimated accuracy of statement: 35.17%
“That’s pretty high,” Vance said. “You know me. I can explain.”
“Wait.” Fiona glared at Vance. “Isolate instances responding to accusations of adultery.”
Global recorded utterances: 3.46 million
Estimated accuracy of statement: 1.12%
“I’m that one percent!” He leaned into Fiona’s watch. “Data on Vance Kellman, ID 304553. Break down relationship and fidelity statistics.”
Romantic relationships longer than two weeks: Five
Recorded infidelities: Zero
“Past not indicative of future performance,” Fiona said, but she wanted to believe. “Fine, explain.”
“Oh, you’ll let me explain? Well…uh, see…”
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Bob McHugh
is a Boston-based writer and father of two; he is immensely grateful to
be both of those things. He is the semi-proud recipient of an MFA in
Creative Writing from Emerson College. His work has appeared in Daily Science Fiction and several anthologies. Follow him @sentientletter on Twitter.
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