Chloe the Clone
William E. Mason
- Chloe
- The
- Clone
- is
- a
- suspense
- set
- in
- the
- year
- 2020.
- Part
- Romancing
- the
- Stone
- (romantic,
- comedic,
- with
- inept
- bad
- guys),
- part
- Paper
- Moon
- (feel
- good,
- sentimental,
- and
- quirky),
- Chloe
- The
- Clone
- nevertheless
- poses
- a
- serious
- story
- question:
- what
- does
- a
- man
- do
- when
- he
- comes
- to
- love
- the
- child
- who
- was
- cloned
- to
- give
- him
- a
- new
- heart?Clonal
- Transplants,
- Inc.
- screws
- up
- when
- a
- rogue
- tech
- illegally
- grows
- a
- ten
- year
- old,
- sentient,
- female
- clone
- named
- Chloe
- to
- provide
- 56
- year
- old
- Sam
- Turner
- with
- a
- new
- heart.Because
- Chloe
- is
- near
- term,
- greedy
- CEO
- Andropov
- decides
- to
- maintain
- the
- sentient
- clone.
- If
- heavily
- sedated,
- she
- can
- pass
- for
- being
- brain
- dead
- and
- be
- shipped
- normally
- allowing
- Andropov
- to
- collect
- payment
- for
- a
- delivered
- product.When
- the
- law
- governing
- clones
- changes,
- Andropov
- sedates
- Chloe
- and
- hands
- her
- off
- to
- an
- unsuspecting
- Turner,
- who
- is
- told
- the
- only
- way
- he
- will
- be
- able
- to
- save
- his
- life
- is
- to
- take
- Chloe
- to
- Mexico
- and
- have
- the
- heart
- transplant
- done
- there.
- Once
- the
- transplant
- is
- performed,
- Andropov
- will
- be
- off
- the
- hook.
- No
- more
- clone,
- no
- more
- evidence
- of
- an
- illegal
- sentient.Subsequently,
- Andropov
- learns
- the
- FBI
- is
- looking
- for
- Chloe
- on
- a
- tip
- that
- she
- is
- sentient.
- He
- regrets
- keeping
- her
- alive,
- and
- resolves
- to
- correct
- his
- mistake.On
- the
- way
- to
- Mexico,
- Chloe's
- sedative
- wears
- off,
- and
- Turner
- discovers
- that
- she
- is
- a
- fully
- functional
- charming
- ten
- year
- old
- girl
- who
- awakes
- and
- insists
- on
- calling
- him
- Grandpa.
- As
- their
- relationship
- builds,
- he
- fears
- that
- if
- he
- surrenders
- Chloe
- to
- the
- feds
- he
- will
- never
- see
- her
- again.
- He
- also
- suspects
- that
- Andropov
- is
- after
- her.Turner
- makes
- it
- to
- Mexico,
- only
- to
- find
- that
- he
- must
- fight
- for
- his
- life
- and
- Chloe's.
- When
- unknown
- persons
- kidnap
- Chloe,
- Sam
- suffers
- a
- heart
- attack.
- Attended
- to
- by
- a
- corrupt
- transplant
- surgeon,
- Sam
- must
- decide
- whether
- or
- not
- to
- accept
- a
- perfectly
- matched
- heart
- from
- an
- unknown
- donor
- when
- he
- can't
- be
- certain
- the
- donor
- isn't Chloe.
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