Melvin’s Most Important Account

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Perspiration rolled down Melvin’s face and neck, leaving a wet ring around his collar. “My chest feels like a dead elephant is sitting on it.”

Melvin checked his pulse on his Fit Tracker 3000. “God, over 200 beats per min.

Record temperatures reached above one-hundred degrees Fahrenheit this July. Melvin rested under the shade of a large magnolia tree. Swigging off a lukewarm bottle…