Chapter Thirteen - An Unexpected Call
Half an hour later the two agents were on their way again, in the red sports car, heading south. Horace, thinking about their briefing session, just had to ask, “What did the colonel mean about my eyes being government property? Was he joking?”
Jackson shook his head. “I don’t think he ever jokes about anything. I suppose you haven’t been informed that Professor Freeman’s secret nanotechnology project is mostly funded by VPHQ? That probably means the cost of developing and manufacturing your new eyes is still shown on their balance sheet as a live asset.”
“That is really terrible!” Horace exclaimed with a squeak in his voice. “So if I don’t perform as required, he might want to take them back…for somebody else to use?”
Jackson slowed the car down a
