It was based on Greene""s novella of the same name, written solely to be a source ext for the film screenplay and never intended to be read or published.Now with only six days until Murtaugh""s retirement, Riggs was doing his laundry at his partner""s house, when the Murtaugh""s real estate broker (representing Getz Realty), Leo Getz (Joe Pesci), drove up in his red convertible.They""ve got ya.The first thing you know, you own things - a car, for instance.Now your whole life is messed up with a lot more stuff.You get license fees and number plates and gas and oil and taxes and insurance and identification cards and letters and bills and flat tires and dents and traffic tickets and motorcycle cops and courtrooms and lawyers and fines - and a million and one other things! And what happens? You""re not the free and happy guy you used to be.As Logan switched on the MRI machine to scan his entire body, he noticed to his shock hat a metallic parasitic device had been attached or implanted onto his heart by Viper a few days earlier.