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The Story:

A renowned scientist makes a scientific splash as he creates a corporate venture called Restructure that restructures human DNA through a combination of science and technology that attempts to change people’s physical present and future. In his efforts to enhance the human existence through the provision of painless, scar free bodily enhancements however, he quickly discovers that science itself is not as precise and predictable as he'd always assumed it to be.

Chaotic side effects suddenly start to rule the emotional attachments and romantic attractions of the clinic's clients and as the full impact of the complications begin to take root, the lives of Restructure’s clients are thrown in total disarray. Professor Heisner is almost buried by defeat as he struggles to overcome the strange emotional impact of his ground breaking scientific procedures which result in manifestations of hate and fear towards loved ones and some very unusual, instantaneous attractions to strangers.

The crisis faced by the Professor must then not only be addressed, tackled but also overcome as Professor Heisner attempts to correct the warped love lives and relationships that are in absolute chaos, due to his scientific shortcomings. A race against time rapidly begins as the Professor attempts to find a way to salvage the mess and resolve the romantic disasters that his precious research work and innovative scientific procedures have created, before some of his client's lives are damaged irreparably forever.

The past is our lesson and our guide, the present lives within us and is our constant companion but the future is our unborn child of hope." ~ Jill Thrussell

Quotes:

“A man can't look better than his female lover or she'll sack you. Trust me, women don't like men that look better than them.“ Frank explained. ~ Jill Thrussell

“The past can be such an ugly place to live, sometimes you have to move home, renovate your thoughts and redecorate the walls of your life with the joy of the present.“ Talitha explained. ~ Jill Thrussell

“Acceptance is a gift that we first have to learn to give ourselves before we can even hope to expect it from others.“ Talitha explained.~ Jill Thrussell

“To relieve his feelings of loss, Dean had moved on and sought comfort in the arms of strangers in the hope that someone he liked would embrace him with the gift of acceptance.“ ~ Jill Thrussell

Sometimes, Talitha suddenly realized, men weren't always just automatically naturally confident and confidence it seemed, was a suit you had to wear that quite often, someone else tailored for you with a needle of kindness and the threads of encouragement.  ~ Jill Thrussell

Life was definitely improving for Talitha and she'd definitely jumped on the right train of opportunity when she'd applied for the position at Restructure and then actually attended her interview and now, she just couldn't wait for her professional journey to actually commence.  ~ Jill Thrussell

"You'll never be a mouse catcher Moses."  Professor Heisner observed playfully as he watched.  "It's a good thing you're a scientist really."  ~ Jill Thrussell

"Everything in life is about selling an image to those around us and we are in essence a product that we want people to buy with their time, resources or their emotional commitment.  In each commercial, I just portray a lifestyle or an appearance that people might want to aspire to and then sometimes buy into." Samson explained.  ~ Jill Thrussell

A glassy, haunted look seemed to reside inside Marcus's eyes as Talitha watched his posture crumble as he slipped even further down inside his chair but no actual words were spoken as Saskia's victory ruled his mind, heart and tongue and totally humiliated him.  ~ Jill Thrussell

In many ways, Marcus almost reminded Talitha of a withered leaf that clung frantically onto the branch of a tree that it had once thrived upon which it was now unable to draw even a drop of nourishment from as it was sucked silently dry as it shrivelled wearily towards death. ~ Jill Thrussell

"People are not a formula and at times, human beings can be very unpredictable."  Professor Heisner explained.  ~ Jill Thrussell

The confidence that Professor Heisner had in Talitha suddenly seemed to become contagious as she inwardly grabbed onto the reigns of uncertainty and pushed any nagging doubts very firmly towards the back of her mind as she began to fully embrace his trust in her as a consultant and prepared to steer the horse of opportunity.  ~ Jill Thrussell

Fortunately for Talitha, her workload that week had been relatively simple, easy to cope with and quite straight forward but she definitely knew that the future would bring some very tricky issues to her door and perhaps even invite some extremely complex clients into her consultation room.  ~ Jill Thrussell

"Enjoy the romance while it lasts Talitha, once you have kids, all that great romantic stuff just jumps straight out the window of love."  Yucala teased as she gently shook her head.  "Like a relationship on a suicide mission."  ~ Jill Thrussell

The negative anxieties that had once cast a shadow of inadequacy across the paths of Renee's life would no longer haunt or frustrate her as now, they would be eradicated from her life completely.  ~ Jill Thrussell

Rather annoyingly, Lachlan had in just a matter of seconds, offered his input which hadn't even been requested and he'd ultimately taken control of the whole consultation and Charmaine had been virtually made redundant as the manager of her own life and body.  ~ Jill Thrussell

Every particle of air seemed to be decorated with sentiments of discomfort as the tension continued to mount and hung over the two women's heads like an angry grey cloud that contained too much water which needed to burst in order to relieve itself, so that it could completely drench everything below it with raindrops of distress.  ~ Jill Thrussell

In fact, it seemed as if Talitha's words had zipped straight into Lachlan's ears like a well-aimed arrow which had tried to penetrate the depths of his mind but instead that arrow had reached its destination and then just shot straight through his head as her remarks had not even scratched the surface of his thoughts.  ~ Jill Thrussell

Such a large scar did not fit comfortably onto such a small part of someone's leg and it had completely devoured the flesh of Dean's calf along with his confidence and now, only scar tissue actually remained.  ~ Jill Thrussell

Much like Saskia's skin which as far as Talitha was concerned had been formed from very stubborn leather, her mind seemed to be formed from a rock of stone that could not be dissolved, eroded, penetrated, or even reduced by the gentle waters of persuasion.  ~ Jill Thrussell

The waters of discomfort rapidly seemed to rise up between the couple and separate them as it forced them to become two solitary islands and drowned any familiarity, attraction and desire that had once existed between them.  ~ Jill Thrussell

Between the couple now there was just an awkward distance which seemed to grow larger by the second and as those waters of discomfort quickly became fathoms deep, their solitary islands were forced further and further apart. ~ Jill Thrussell

All that silently crashed against each individual shore of their respective islands was the murky waves of despair that ruthlessly separated them and maintained the distance between them as Dean quickly realized, the waves of pleasure that he'd hoped for had now completely vanished as the tide of passion had turned.  ~ Jill Thrussell

A tornado of destruction had hit their potentially passionate moment just before it had fully materialized and now the debris of Chantelle's hurt emotions lay scattered across his lounge and the city of love they'd hoped to find refuge, comfort, pleasure and solace in had been completely destroyed.  ~ Jill Thrussell

Several very negative questions that Dean dared not even ask began to suddenly plague his thoughts and rapidly began to consume him as each one sat inside his body like a heavy weight and completely paralyzed him as they tied his feet to the floor.  ~ Jill Thrussell

"Right, you know what to do Renee, lie down inside here and think of earthquakes and in no time at all, I'll have your back strong enough to flaunt those weapons of mass attraction."  Talitha joked as she held open the lid of the transparent capsule.

"Unfortunately Sylvester, life doesn't always provide us with therapy and sometimes that's a gift we have to learn to give ourselves."  Talitha advised as she neared her consultation room door.  ~ Jill Thrussell

You know Sylvester, I've realized one thing in life and that is that you can't keep carrying the past around with you forever.  Sometimes you have to pack up the negative events that affect you from your past, place them inside a garbage bag and then throw them in the trash and as you leave them behind and move forward in life, you leave them exactly where you found them."  Talitha advised.  ~ Jill Thrussell

Very surprisingly, the muddy rotten ditch filled with animal remains was it appeared, the secret cost of the human enjoyment that Restructure offered to the world and to human beings and that very ugly truth was hard to stomach as the stench that the ditch contained turned Talitha's stomach.  This vile reality was the ugly truth of the price that was paid so that human beings could look the way they wanted to and that was the truth behind Talitha's own participation as an actual consultant.  ~ Jill Thrussell

Sometimes, what human beings perceived as being the optimal choice for them was actually the very choice that cost them absolutely everything and at times, it could actually cost them all those they cared about and loved.  ~ Jill Thrussell

Someone else would always be deemed more beautiful and someone else would always possess superior physical assets and someone else would always be considered more physically attractive in one way or another and so women were ultimately fighting a losing battle against themselves.  ~ Jill Thrussell

The unnecessary pursuit of individual physical perfection would ultimately cost them both the imperfections that made their relationship the beautiful perfection that it currently was and by trying to add something else, they would only end up subtracting from their coupling and lose the most essential elements of the enjoyment that they shared.  ~ Jill Thrussell

Each delicate imperfect piece fitted together immaculately inside the jigsaw puzzle of the life that the couple shared and the enjoyment derived from those imperfect pieces was a direct product of their love for each other and to change anything about that would destroy the perfectly completed jigsaw that had been pieced together with love every day for the past five years.  ~ Jill Thrussell

The thought of engaging in a more committed, loving, long distance test of endurance really appealed to Renee as opposed to simply participating in several very short one hundred meter sprints which usually left one out of breath and that were over in the blink of an eye.  ~ Jill Thrussell

"Ethics can be such a poor master when it comes to making a living and is far better suited to being a servant to the romantic passions in life and quite frankly although some moral standards can be really useful that usually tends to be when they seek to protect your heart as at other times, they can be a real pain in the butt." Professor Heisner explained. ~ Jill Thrussell

"Yes indeed, well they definitely wanted a step up in life but not an actual step up the aisle, at least not with me." Professor Heisner agreed. ~ Jill Thrussell

"What society expects from us physically as women Renee, is not actually our responsibility in any way, shape or form." Talitha advised. ~ Jill Thrussell

"Thank goodness, I've been accepting the leftovers from the dating pool for so long now but now, I might actually get a chunk of rump, medium rare steak." Renee replied as she started to giggle. ~ Jill Thrussell

"People think they want forever and then get fed up with each other in a day." Frank pointed out.  ~ Jill Thrussell

"Weddings cost a lot and divorces can cost even more and then there's a lot of lies and disappointments in-between, it's much cheaper really just to lie to each other and disappoint without the expensive facade of a wedding." Frank teased.  ~ Jill Thrussell

Joy, it seemed was no longer the crown or jewel of their family and their relationship and any joy that had once perhaps existed between a loving father and daughter had now very clearly departed, deserted and abandoned them both a long time ago.  ~ Jill Thrussell.

Saskia was like a wild, thorny, rose bush that pricked anyone that she came into close emotional proximity to and her father seemed to be the closest victim as the thorns she bore scratched and clawed away at him as he battled to protect, shield and remain close to the daughter that he so deeply loved. ~ Jill Thrussell

In some ways, it almost seemed as if Talitha's words had zipped straight into Lachlan's ears like a well-aimed arrow which had tried to penetrate the depths of his mind but instead that arrow had reached its destination and then just shot straight through it as her remarks had not even scratched the surface of his thoughts. ~ Jill Thrussell

Apparently, there didn't seem to be an ounce of fight left inside Marcus and there was zero opposition as his weary shoulders rapidly slumped down on top of his body and the large leather chair quickly became his hiding place as he shrank as far down into the leather surfaces as he could possibly go.  ~ Jill Thrussell

Now whatever Saskia wanted, Saskia usually got and Marcus had struggled as he'd watched Saskia evolve into a domineering, spoilt ruthless dictator that ruled his world without a care for anything or anyone else besides herself as her sense of entitlement had grown into an absolute monster that devoured everything in it's path. ~ Jill Thrussell

"Yucala I bow down before you and kiss your feet." Talitha replied. "Not your butt, just your feet.~ Jill Thrussell

A hundred dashes of romance, a portion of dedication, a cup full of charm, a heaped spoonful of devotion and a large splash of chemistry had given them both the perfect dish of love that they could consume and hungrily devour every single night, regardless of the current trends and fashion in breast sizes. ~ Jill Thrussell

An amazingly beautiful, exciting and passionate night had been planned but now, it was well and truly over and Dean's hopes had been dashed down into the murky depths of the lake of broken hearts and his heart had immediately sunk like a very heavy brick formed from nothing but pain and rejection. ~ Jill Thrussell

"Sometimes you know Dean; hope is all we really have." Talitha suddenly said as she turned and faced him. "Hope that there's a solution to the problems that strangle our lives with a noose of frustration, hope that we can love again when our hearts are broken and the hope that we can succeed in life when we've been trampled down into a gutter of defeat." ~ Jill Thrussell

Dissatisfaction and discontent quickly became Saskia's closest companions as a lump of resentment suddenly stuck inside her throat and she almost gagged in absolute disgust.  ~ Jill Thrussell

Inside Saskia's mind, a sapling of displeasure had now very firmly rooted itself to each of her inner thoughts and it had rapidly begun to grow into a fully grown tree of discontent which now threatened to consume and devour every part of her. ~ Jill Thrussell

"The past can be such an ugly place to live and sometimes, you actually have to move home, renovate your thoughts and redecorate the walls of your life with the joys of the present." Talitha advised.  ~ Jill Thrussell

"You know Dean, acceptance is really a gift that you have to learn to give yourself before you can even hope to expect it from anyone else." Talitha advised. ~ Jill Thrussell

Somehow within humanity and life itself it seemed there was a contradiction, a strange paradox and an enigma that existed which hung over the cliffs of life and dangled downwards in a precarious predicament as it taunted and haunted every ounce of the human spirit and that was the unrealized desires that lay inside every human mind. ~ Jill Thrussell

In essence, Saskia just had greater access to material wealth and that enabled her to actually do something about the things which she observed through the eyes of her thoughts that frustrated her about her world and her own physical appearance.~ Jill Thrussell

"If someone really loves us Charmaine, they'd want to give us the best of themselves, not the worst." Talitha explained. ~ Jill Thrussell

"Let me tell you a secret Dean, no one really has confidence. Confidence is just like an outfit that we clothe our minds with in order to face the world so that we can achieve things." Talitha advised.  ~ Jill Thrussell

"Guilt can become like a debt that we carry around with us everywhere we go but that debt is never satisfied until forgiveness is given and sometimes that forgiveness is a gift we really first have to give ourselves." Talitha advised. ~ Jill Thrussell

Someone would always be more beautiful and someone would always possess superior physical assets and someone would always be deemed more physically attractive, in one way or another and so women were ultimately fighting a losing battle against themselves.  ~ Jill Thrussell

“Your mind is the most powerful tool, weapon and the best shield that you could ever possibly have. It can either destroy you or it can help you thrive, you have to learn to control it and your thoughts.“ Talitha advised. ~ Jill Thrussell

“He's a total stallion and raring to take me out on a ride.“  Renee joked.  ~ Jill Thrussell.

The Easy Way to Restructure Your DNA.  Written by Jill Thrussell
Developed from: Love Drug
Genre: Sci-fi/Comedy/Drama/Romance

Glitches Series:

The Glitches Series explores the possible facilitation of technology and things that can potentially go wrong when technology behaves in unexpected manner due to Glitches, it also includes an underlying exploration of how human beings control and interact with that technology when 'the end justifies the means' approach is applied to technological developments and their implementation and examines how that can result in both negative and positive outcomes.

Downloadable Summary: A scientist finds a way to enhance people's physical appearance through the combined use of technology and science which eradicates the risk of any ugly physical scars that cosmetic procedures can often create and inflict upon human flesh but as some of his clients rapidly discover, the unknown side effects of his procedures can actually create chaos in each of their lives.  When some of his clients encounter hallucinogenic experiences that provoke them to fall in love with strangers and fear those that they already know and love, the Professor then has to rush to find a remedy that will reverse the side effects that his procedures have created as he attempts to manage the chaos that his groundbreaking scientific work has induced.  The boundaries of safety are suddenly pushed as human dynamics and scientific advancements rapidly collide and as things begin to spiral out of control, Professor Heisner starts to lose his grip on the most organized and precious area of his life, his research.  Written by Jill Thrussell