Captain Anderson was a firm believer in honesty despite his smuggling or perhaps in consideration of that, if someone was paid-off they were supposed to stay paid-off.
This delay would be an annoyance and if it took too long then it was a business cost he didn't much care for.
Mc Mullen’s customers want something as lifelike as possible – it’s his brand’s USP.

n the brightly lit robotics workshop at Abyss Creations’ factory in San Marcos, California, a life-size humanoid was dangling from a stand, hooked between her shoulder blades. She wore a white leotard, her chest was thrust forward and her French-manicured fingers were splayed across the tops of her slim thighs.
Harmony is a prototype, a robotic version of the company’s hyper-realistic silicone sex toy, the Real Doll.
She shrieked with fear and tried to tear from his hands, but he quickly pressed her to the floor, cuffed her hands behind her back and thrust his cock between her clenched lips. Alex got drunk and tried to hug his sexy housemaid, but she replied him with a smack.
Angered and horny, he decided to punish this insolent slut.
The Realbotix room where she was assembled was lined with varnished pine surfaces covered with wires and circuit boards, and a 3D printer whirred in the corner, spitting out tiny, intricate parts that will be inserted beneath her PVC skull.
Her hazel eyes darted between me and her creator, Matt Mc Mullen, as he described her accomplishments. She can hold a conversation, tell jokes and quote Shakespeare.
By the title you can tell it would also qualify for science fiction and as most of my stories do this could be anal as well. Special thanks to jen_litgirl for taking the time to proof-read and edit this story.** * That was the thought in Captain Michael Anderson's mind as he was being intercepted by the local authorities' cruiser.
Captain Anderson was a freighter captain/smuggler and he had been doing cargo runs for well over a decade, having inherited the ship from his former owner/uncle.
**Author's Note: I had some trouble choosing a category for this story as it could fit in several.