They stepped outside, and Javed could hardly contain himself.
"Brilliant!" he exulted. "Sakib, do you see the potential in this? It's huge!”
He snorted with impatience at the perplexed look on the scientist’s face.
“That pheromone program we have, let's double, no, quadruple its budget. Our competition has been focused on marketing pheromones to singles, to help attract partners. But this is light years ahead of that. This pitches us in the right place: Specially Tailored Pheromone synthesis for your family! Every couple will have to use our pheromone synthesis services if they want their babies brought up the perfect way, The Nanny way. It naturally becomes part of the package. This is awesome, far better than I had ever expected."
Sakib drew in a sharp breath, conflicting emotions robbing him of speech.
Javed continued. "Let's focus on the damage control right now. First we need to make sure that this is our only problem. Let's trigger the standard recall procedure. And then..." He rubbed in his hands in anticipation.
Sakib nodded. His work was cut out for him.
Ria stood outside the nursery, listening to Cookie cry. It was heart-rending, and all the cooing of The Nanny could not stop him. This was awful. There had to be a solution! She had called up Cherubs Inc. to lodge a complaint. They had been very polite and had told her they would get back at the earliest. Meanwhile, she had to bear with this. If it was just noise, she'd put on her white-noise earphones, but this was something else altogether. She had no name to tag the yearning she was experiencing, something she’d never experienced before, a longing to rush out there and protect Cookie, to hold him in her arms and never let him go…
She walked into the nursery, cringing at the sight of Cookie banging his head against The Nanny who was trying to restrain him.
"Stop!" she called out in reflex, and Cookie turned at the sound of the alien voice.
