Elena joined her parents in their small apartment for the reading of Great- Great- Great grandpa Tom’s will. She had enjoyed corresponding with him in secret codes. Now that he was gone, it was unlikely she would ever need to write in code ever again.

She didn’t expect to even be mentioned in the will. He’d had 3 living children, 8 grand children, 17 great grandchildren, 25 great great grandchildren and she was one of 22 great great great grandchildren. With all the medical advances and space colonies, people were living longer each generation. He had more credits than she could imagine, but had been limited to the 1000 grams of physical possessions just like everyone else.

… to be continued