It had been ages since Parker had gotten out of the condo.
Literally, ages.
After a few rather usual first decades of life, Parker had managed to amass considerable wealth.
It had started as a small project to track someone’s heartbeat unobtrusively.
The person could be anywhere in the room; if their heart stopped, the system would know.
And not only would it know, it had ways to make sure that the heart would be revived.
- So you’re now immortal…
- Yes. It’s a common procedure. It’s not even that complicated, I am told.
The men asking the questions looked puzzled.
- But… why?
The so-called Immo-pill wasn’t a pill at all, but no one seemed to care.