Spare some change, sir?, the young man in the track suit asked.

Max never gave money to beggars

in the city, and he was ready to ignore him and continue walking, but he thought, what the fuck,
lets give this man some change and found a 2 coin in his pocket.
The beggar smiled, thanked him and kept walking down the street in direction to the shop.
Probably to buy some booze, Max thought. He didnt feel particularly emotional for his gesture. He
hadnt even been feeling generous today. It was just an act or ignore situation, and when all his life
he had chosen to ignore, today he acted. Oh, well, no harm done and his mind went off in other
directions when he noticed a pretty brunette in the sidewalk.
**
Ritesh couldnt believe the young man had just won 50,000 in a frigging 2 scratch card. With that
money he could have finally put the required 20% - and a lot more - for a mortgage down payment.
The man was looking at him stupidly, waiting for the money.
Sir, we dont have your prize here, you need to contact the premises at back of the card, he said.
The man started to hurry up towards the door and Ritesh added, Just be careful not to lose it! and
he smiled with patent jealousy. After reflecting for a while, he continued to close up shop. At least
Im off for a couple of days and then an idea occurred to him.
He took his mobile phone to call his wife, Hi, we have to do inventory today so I will be a bit late.
He paused See you in a few hours.
**
The woman was dressing up, So how was your night?, she was feeling content as she hadnt had
any customers during the evening, and this one had paid very well.
Well, I was losing a bunch of money playing Blackjack at the casino, so I just decided to put my cash
to better use, Ritesh replied.
You definitely did, dear, she smiled. Hope to see you again, soon! She walked him off to the door
and after he left she called Dmitry.
Hey, I finally made some cash tonight. Can I end my shift now?, she asked him.
How much?, Dmitry replied.
After she told him, Wow, he must have had some strange fetishes., he was laughing now. Ok, Ill
pick you up in half an hour.
**
Dmitry was driving while drinking whiskey from a large McDonalds cup he wasnt about to stop his
Friday night routine for a whore -, when he noticed a strong thump in the back of the car.
He looked at the mirror but couldnt see anything in the dark alleys that lead up to the little studio
where they conducted their business.
A cat, most likely, he told himself. He decided he wasnt going to stop to double check. Some
things are best left alone.
**
The casket had arrived at the airport the day before and was now opened in a small room adjacent
to the church for the viewing.

Arnold was one of the last to say farewell to his dead nephew. In his line of work, he was used to
treat with terminal people, so he wasnt affected by the pale body resting in the casket. He mourned
the loss of such a young kid, and prayed for him and his immediate family he was the son of his
wifes brother-.
Next to the body, there was a big picture of the youth smiling happily, wearing a funny dark grey tshirt printed with a Periodic Table of Scotch Whiskey according to the legend before.
Arnolds eyes fixed pensively where the Boron element should have been, while touching the pine
wood casket with his left hand. He looked at the body again, then back at the picture and a
bewildered expression appeared in his face.
He quickly excused himself with his wife, and left the church.
**
Two months later, Max was eating popcorn and watching the latest episode of his favorite reality
show, when the program was interrupted by an emission with the Breaking News header at the top.
Researchers from the University of Princeton have announced five minutes ago that a cure for
Cancer has been discovered. Lets connect Live to the press conference that its still on-going, the
presenter at the studio announced.
The camera showed now the lead scientist speaking, We had been doing experiments for the last
few years, but we were always missing the main component to understand how to prevent the
reproduction of the malign cells. Three weeks ago, we came across the missing link thanks to-
Max stopped listening, amazed. This is the discovery of the century, he reflected, I really ought to
move my ass and make something of myself too! he firmly decided.
Fifty years later, the earth oozed with vitality.
All over the world, nature grew strong and the animals ran freely in the woods, mountains and
coasts. This scene, which could have been taken out directly from Paradise, was the norm now and
not the exception, all over the planet.
If only Max were alive to admire his work, he would be amazed.
If only any human were.