THE ULTIMATE EXPERIMENT: A SCIENCE FICTION SHORT STORY, PART IV

                               Restarting The Ultimate Experiment

                                     An unpublished short story

                              THE UNLIMATE EXPERIMENT 

On one of her visits he said, “I’ve worked hard in this life.  I am satisfied with what I have accomplished.  But I am so very tired.  I look forward to the next life and being united with my dear wife.”

Virginia finished with her patient and left instructions with the nurse’s aide as to what needed to be done until her next visit.  With her work done, Virginia packed her bag and prepared for her next visit.  They said their good-byes, and then Stewart mentioned, “I’m expecting a visitor this afternoon, a former student of mine.  His name is Donald Ball and he has made quite a name for himself in the field of quantum mechanics and string theory.  I have not seen him for thirty years or more.  I can’t imagine what the purpose of his visit might be.”

“Just don’t overdo it Dr. Stewart.  I’ll see you in two days.”

Whenever Virginia left Stewart, she never knew whether she would see him again.  She knew the end was very close.