Chapter 21 Ava
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When the doctor told Shane he had HIV, I thought I was going to have a legit heart attack right where I was sitting.
I couldn’t believe that shit. I felt bad for Shane and all, but I felt even worse for myself.
Knowing that he and Justin were fucking around, I couldn’t help but to panic.
When I slapped his ass off the exam table, he was lucky I didn’t knock the shit out of him, too.
I was livid to say the least. I knew that there was no chance in hell I was going to carry his ass back home after finding that shit out.
He got himself in that position, so it was going to be on him to figure out the rest. I didn’t feel bad at all for leaving his ass right where he was.
When I made it to my car, I immediately looked up my doctor’s number and called the office.
Not only was I angry, but I was embarrassed to have to call my doctor and admit that my husband had cheated on me and possibly exposed me to HIV.
His office accommodated me and let me come in right away to get a blood test. You would have sworn I was being chased by how fast I jetted out of the parking lot at Shane’s doctor’s office then headed to mine.
I didn’t even care that I was speeding. I felt like if the police pulled up behind me, and pulled me over, I was ready to tell them that it was a matter of life and death.
I was so angry that I didn’t know what to think or who to call. I figured this was something that I was going to have to keep to myself until I found out what the results were.
“About how long is it going to take for me to get the results?” I asked Julie, the nurse that worked at my doctor’s office.
“Oh, about twenty minutes for the rapid test. We also send the blood work out to the lab whether it’s positive or negative just to be sure.”
“Twenty minutes! Wow!”
“Yeah, technology and medicine are no joke nowadays.”
“Tell me about it.”
“I’ll be back shortly,” Julie said then left me alone in the room to myself.
If that test came back positive, I was gonna have to prepare myself to live out the rest of my life in jail for the murders of Shane and Justin. About thirty minutes later, there was a knock on the door than Julie walked in along with my doctor.
“Welp, the rapid test came back negative. However, just to be sure we’re still sending your blood work to the lab.”
“Oh, thank God. What are the chances of it coming back positive?”
“It’s really hard to say. With medicine, you just never know. I’ll say this, usually if the rapid test is negative the blood work will be also. But you just never know. Everyone is different, which is why we still send the blood work out to the lab.”
“I can’t believe this!”
“I’m so sorry you’re going through this.
If your blood work comes back positive, it’s not the end of the world.
There are several different types of medication that will mask the symptoms. But we’ll hold off on having that conversation until we get your lab results.
For now, practice safe sex and you should be hearing back from our office in a few days.
If it will help, I’ll even make the lab work stat, so it won’t take as long as usual. ”
“I would love that! Thanks so much for squeezing me into the schedule on such short notice. I just can’t believe that all of this is happening to me.”
“You’re most welcome. Here’s the printout of the rapid results in case you need them for your records. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to give our office a call.”
Leaving out of the doctor’s office, I felt a little at ease. I knew that I was going to still be worried until I heard back from them about my lab results.