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He stared at the report for a long time.<\/p>\n
Then he let out a ridiculous laugh.<\/p>\n
\u201cBabe, are you seriously messing with me right now?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no way I have all of these. Syphilis? HIV? Hepatitis? This is insane.\u201d<\/p>\n
I put on my worried face. \u201cI thought it was a mistake too. But\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
He flinched. \u201cBut what?\u201d<\/p>\n
I sighed. \u201cYour mom has the same results. HIV. Syphilis. Everything that spreads through saliva-she has it too.\u201d<\/p>\n
He froze, then started shaking his head like crazy.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. No way. We\u2019re clean people. We eat at home. How could this happen?\u201d<\/p>\n
He stopped mid-sentence.<\/p>\n
His face went white.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was\u2026 Ivy?\u201d<\/p>\n
I nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had someone look into her. She used to work as a hostess at a club. Her private life was a mess. She probably infected you and your mom.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tristan looked stunned, but he still clung to hope.<\/p>\n
\u201cNO WAY. Ivy\u2019s innocent. She wouldn\u2019t do that kind of work.\u201d<\/p>\n
He tried to get up, insisting on going to the ICU to see his mother.<\/p>\n
I stopped him. \u201cShe\u2019s not in the ICU anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
He relaxed a little, forcing out a relieved smile.<\/p>\n
\u201cSee? I knew it. The hospital made a mistake. If Mom\u2019s okay, then it\u2019s not that serious-\u201d<\/p>\n
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I cut him off.<\/p>\n
\u201cTristan. I\u2019m so sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
The hope drained from his face.<\/p>\n
I finished the sentence.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour mom\u2019s in the morgue.\u201d<\/p>\n
He collapsed.<\/p>\n
His pupils shrank. His lips trembled. No sound came out.<\/p>\n
Then he started screaming.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo! You\u2019re lying! She was fine a few days ago! She can\u2019t be dead!\u201d<\/p>\n
He thrashed, trying to roll out of bed.<\/p>\n
I stepped forward, firmly holding his arm, voice gentle.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you don\u2019t believe me, I\u2019ll take you to see her.\u201d<\/p>\n
He went limp against me, eyes blank.<\/p>\n
I helped him into a wheelchair. We didn\u2019t say a word the whole way down.<\/p>\n
Outside the morgue, cold air hit us like a wall.<\/p>\n
He shivered uncontrollably.<\/p>\n
The attendant pulled open the drawer and lifted the sheet.<\/p>\n
His mother\u2019s body was unrecognizable.<\/p>\n
Skin mottled purple-blue, covered in oozing sores.<\/p>\n
Seeing it, Tristan didn\u2019t cry.<\/p>\n
He was too scared.<\/p>\n
Because he saw himself in that body.<\/p>\n
His future.<\/p>\n
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He shook violently and collapsed to the floor, too weak to stand.<\/p>\n
I crouched down, patted his back.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t be scared. Your mom was older. Her immune system couldn\u2019t handle it. That\u2019s why she didn\u2019t make it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you\u2019re young. You\u2019re strong. As long as you take your meds and follow treatment, you\u2019ll recover.\u201d<\/p>\n
When he still couldn\u2019t speak, I kept going.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you need to know-HIV isn\u2019t a death sentence anymore. It\u2019s a chronic condition. You can live a normal life.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs long as you control your viral load and keep your immune system up, you can live to seventy or eighty. Easy.\u201d<\/p>\n
His terrified eyes flickered with hope.<\/p>\n
He grabbed my hand, voice hoarse and broken. \u201cReally? You\u2019re not lying? I can actually survive this?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n
I squeezed his freezing hand, looked him in the<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re married. No matter what happens, I\u2019ll stay with you.\u201d<\/p>\n
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