He confirmed his entry and was surprised that nothing happened. At least, he didn't notice anything at first. He had expected to receive a response from the app. A response telling him that he had fallen for a joke or a picture of him taking money out of his pocket. Nothing of the sort happened. Carl shrugged his shoulders and reached into his trouser pocket. He felt some banknotes on his hand and pulled them out. He had ten bills in his hand. Completely perplexed, he looked at the money in his hand and couldn't believe it. He knew that he hadn't had any money in his pocket before, let alone this much. 

"Can it really be the app?" he asked himself and looked at his phone again. It was time for another test. He looked around the shop and wondered whether he should try something bigger. He looked around the store and wondered what it would be like if they all wore no tops. Furthermore, he turned his attention back to the app and started typing again.

What if all the women in this café were topless.

Before confirming the input, he looked up. As soon as he confirmed the input, all the women in the room were topless. When he looked towards the door, he saw a woman taking off her top as she walked in. Carl couldn't believe his eyes and got shaky hands. Was he now in full control of his life, or even everyone's life? It even seemed as if no one in the store was bothered. Everyone acted as if it were the most normal thing in the world.

 

 

A blonde employee came up to him and asked if he needed anything else. She was carrying even less than most of the others. Carl shook his head and took another sip of his coffee as she walked away again

"I can do anything with this app. I can shape the world the way I want it. That's unbelievable," his thoughts rolled over. 

Due to his past, he lacked self-confidence, but with this app that would no longer be a problem. He could do whatever he wanted. He realized that his thoughts were going around in circles, and he wondered what he could do. Carl took a deep breath and tried to sort out his thoughts. There were so many things he wanted to change. So many things that were wrong in his eyes. He could have made the world fairer, but immediately asked himself why he should. The world had never cared about him either, so he wouldn't care about them either. He could be a real egotist now

Carl took a deep breath and looked around again. He saw an older lady coming in, and he didn't want to see her topless. He immediately looked at his cell phone again and started typing.

What if people stopped aging as soon as they turned 45?

Once he had sent the command, he looked back at the older lady, who now looked much younger. Now he had done something for the world after all.  But in that case, it also had advantages for him, but the thought somehow depressed him. He wondered whether he had made people immortal. Once again, his thoughts ran over, and he decided that he should be more careful. Several scenarios came to his mind that would not be good for him and would make him lose this advantage again. He immediately came up with a few ideas on how he could secure this advantage and started typing.

 

 

So he had already clarified the issue of near immortality.

 

Even though the welcome message said he was the only one, it was safe to say.

What if I could call this smartphone to me at any time

 

This ensured that he would never lose access to this app. He thought he was on the safe side. He looked around again and looked at the women in the restaurant. Furthermore, he was also starting to get a hard-on in his pants and he knew that he could have them all if he wanted to, he just had to enter it into the app. He toyed with the idea, but then he got a call.

 

Who was calling?

Chapter overview

 

Carl Taylor has lived with a foster family since his parents' car accident 20 years ago, so he could barely remember his parents, or only in fragments.

He was lucky that a friend of his father's took him in, and he didn't have to go to an orphanage. So Carl had a new family if you like. John Williams was his new father, a successful businessman who traveled a lot and provided the family with more than enough money. He earned so much that Diana Williams did not have to work and was still able to enjoy a high standard of living. She loved going to galas and presenting herself as a great baroness. And then there was their son Victor, who was slightly older than Carl.

Carl also knew that Diana wasn't happy looking after Carl either, and the two adults argued about it occasionally in the early years. Whenever John wasn't around, Diana treated Carl like crap while she put Victor in a made-up bed. No matter what it was about, Victor got it and was defended to the last. Carl was a different story. He had tried to discuss it with John, but he always blocked it.

As a student, Carl was doing quite well at school. He knew that he was seen as a nerd and a geek. He doesn't even make a secret of it. But at the time, nerds weren't exactly popular at school. His classmates ignored him most of the time, unless they needed homework or someone to help them with projects. There were always a few classmates who teased him. Unfortunately, Carl was also gullible at the time and was really taken in by two women. They flirted with him and were more than just friendly to him so that he would help them with their exams. Which he did. When these two had passed their exams, one of them invited him to go with her to the prom. Full of joy, Carl agreed and was happy until the evening he wanted to pick her up. He drove up to her house in the car John had given him and was met by a group of the school's so-called cool people. A little surprised, he got out of the car and was immediately knocked out by the tallest of the guys.

He missed the prom, of course, and as if that weren't bad enough, the group had also stolen the car. He reported the incident to the police, but the car was never found, and the group denied everything, nobody believed Carl, not even John believed him, and that led to him having problems dealing with people. From that point, he distrusted everyone.

This did not improve during his studies, which he started after the incident. Because of his recent experiences, he avoided people and was able to devote himself to his studies.

After graduating, he applied for a job as an analyst at a brokerage firm he had worked for during his studies. He knew the people there, and it went really well for him. As he had already impressed with his skills during his studies, he climbed the ranks fairly quickly. It seemed as if life had taken a turn for the better for him. Until the day the company was bought out and he was given a new boss.

His new boss didn't like him, there was no mistaking that, and he could clearly feel it. He also got a colleague from the same boss who was pretty, but also a real bitch.

She always managed to sabotage him or pass off his work as her own. He tried to complain, but was always rebuffed. It went so far that he lost his job.

Now he was left with nothing and a student loan on top of that. At least he wasn't in late with the rent, at least not yet. He had the choice of paying the student loan installment or paying the rent. He had the option of asking John for a cash injection, but he really didn't want to do that now. On the one hand, John was still holding the car against him and on the other, Diana would come down on him again, and he didn't need that at the moment. His self-confidence was almost non-existent.

He sat in a café and looked at his smartphone after receiving a notification. A new app had been installed. Completely astonished and surprised, he read the name of the app.

WHAT IF

He wondered what kind of title it was. Was it something like in the series, where it shows alternative routes? His curiosity was always quite high, so he tapped on the symbol.

Congratulations,

you hereby receive the only existing copy of this "what if app"

This app allows you to change everything according to your wishes.

Just write "What if" and finish the sentence with whatever comes to your mind, and it will be like this.

We wish you a lot of fun.

The Reality Corporation.

Carl was really irritated when he read this. He had fantasized about it, but only in his head. Such a thing could not exist. He sat transfixed in his seat. On his display were the words

What if

The marker flashed behind it and his keyboard was displayed at the bottom. After a few breaths, he shrugged his shoulders and started typing.

Chapter overview