Chapter 1
Dave stood under the hot spray of the shower in his bathroom, hoping the hot water would relax his stiff joints and tight muscles. He’d just worked out in his home gym, and as usual these days, even his reduced intensity routine produced discomfort.
Why do I do this? he thought. I’m not ever going to have the body I once had. All those hours of exercise, all the supplements—which you still take—he reminded himself, and it happened anyway. The plan didn’t work—I got old.
Doggedly, he continued his routine. He lathered up, rinsed, turned off the water, and applied Mrs. Jergin’s Crepe Skin Reducer to his warm, wet skin. He drummed his fingers on the glass wall of the shower enclosure as he counted out the two minutes it took for the concoction to supposedly work its magic and tak
