AI Girlfriend Call / The collection

The AI Girlfriend Call chapter guide

A reminder of each beginning, without revealing the endings.

The Letter Below the Tide

1. The unopened shop. The bookshop smelled of salt, paper and the lemon soap her aunt had always bought in boxes of six.
2. What the rain kept. The next morning Tomas arrived carrying a tray with two coffees.
3. The missing page. Her aunt’s papers were in a biscuit tin.
4. A buyer at noon. The buyer liked the view.
5. The hour after closing. They walked to the seawall after the town grew quiet.
6. A new opening. Marielle declined the buyer’s offer, but she did not promise to stay forever.

The Harbour That Heard Us

1. Names on the quay. Nerissa knew the harbour by its sounds.
2. Two versions of summer. Her father remembered a loan.
3. The painted door. The notebook mentioned a payment made at a house with a yellow door.
4. A place at the meeting. The harbour meeting filled the room behind the cafe.
5. Before the first engine. Leon waited outside her office before dawn.
6. The last stop. They missed their stop because Nerissa was telling a story she had never finished before.

A Room Facing Morning

1. The room above the cafe. The room had one window facing the sea and a door that caught on the floor.
2. The ordinary chair. Milo noticed that she stood outside the cafe instead of coming in.
3. A song she disliked. The song reminded her of the hospital waiting room.
4. The letter from inland. A letter from her former partner arrived with the rent receipt.
5. The closed cafe. The cafe closed for repairs, and Elowen discovered how much she had arranged her afternoons around the sounds downstairs.
6. Windows open. On Sunday they went as far as the old bathing steps.