He would have liked spending a little time with one of the girls himself. Instead, he had to settle for sleeping in a room with a bunch of guys. It was a total sausage fest, he thought.

It had already passed an hour and he knew it without even needing to check a watch, although he did not have one.

I have a feeling we’re going to have a lot of time to read in the next few days or weeks.” She thought about it and said, “Jesus. How long do you think things will go on like this?

Soon, he was back out on the streets. He wandered around Manhattan aimlessly for what he thought was weeks. Instead, it was months. Months turned into years.

He tried to hide how nervous he felt. If this experimental serum worked it would change his whole life. That meant everything to him. He closed his eyes and prayed to himself.