It didn’t take
long for the situation to get resolved, much to Ethan’s relief. Fortunately, he
had the presence of mind to reassure his family and customers that he was very
much alive. After leaving the newspaper office, he called his best friend
Jordan, who hadn’t yet seen the obituary.
“Insane asylum.
Chief psycho speaking.”
“Hey Jordan,
have you seen this morning’s obituaries?”
“What? Are you
kidding? That’s just plain creepy.”
“Well according
to the paper, I died yesterday.”
“I beg your pardon, what did you just say?”
“Yeah. Chris saw it this morning. As
soon as I found out about it I went to the newspaper office. They’re going to
print a retraction and a letter of apology in tomorrow’s edition. Apparently
this wasn’t the first time they’ve gotten bad information from the Life
Sciences Center.”
“Hopefully it will be the last. I know
how I would have felt if I had seen it. I can only imagine what your sister and
brothers felt, as well as all of your customers.”
“Which is why I called everyone as soon
as Chris showed it to me.”
“Well, hopefully it will be the last
time. I wonder if the paper is going to do anything about it.” Jordan said
thoughtfully.
“I hope so. I can’t help but wonder how
many others this might have happened to.”
“Are you planning on taking legal
action against the newspaper?” Jordan wanted to know.
“No. It wasn’t their fault they got the
wrong information from the Life Sciences Center. I wouldn’t think to question
the accuracy of the information.”
“I guess you’re right. I wouldn’t think
to question it either. But what about the Life Sciences Center? They’re the
ones that started all this shit.”
“True, but I have a feeling that the newspaper
is going to be all over this. The guy I talked to wasn’t too happy with them.”
“I can imagine. I would think that
stuff like that would damage the credibility of the paper.”
“No doubt,” Ethan agreed. “Feel like
hitting the lake then getting food?”
“Yeah, sounds good to me.” And off they
went. Ethan was relieved that Jordan agreed so easily. He was really tired of
talking about the obituary, but his manners wouldn’t allow him to give voice to
it.
After a long swim, the two men debated
on where to eat and finally decided on the local diner. Searching for a topic
of discussion Jordan decided on the subject of Ethan’s dream man. “Any more dreams
staring your mystery hunk?”
“Not really. I can’t help the feeling
that I’ve met this guy. It’s almost as if we’ve been together, if you know what
I mean.” Jordan raised an eyebrow in question. “Yeah. That way. He was so
gentle, tender and caring.”
“Sounds like you’re in love with him.”
“Yeah, right. How can you be in love
with someone you only see when you close your eyes? It’s just…” Ethan’s voice
trailed off.
“Just what?” Jordan asked quietly.
“I don’t know. I keep hearing his voice
saying that he’ll always take care of me. That’s a little out there, isn’t it?”
“Honestly, I don’t know.
With a sigh Ethan said, “I don’t know
either. I wish I did.”
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“Huh? What?”
C’mon Ethan! What the hell’s up with you? “Man,
you were really out of it. I’ve been trying to get your attention for the last ten
minutes. What’s going on with you? You’ve been like this since you came home
from the Life Sciences Center.”
“There’s just so
much. I can’t get my head around it all.”
“Around what?”
Chris pulled up a chair and sat down next to Ethan, placing his hand on his
shoulder. “Come on, Ethan, you can tell me anything. You know that.”
“It’s just what
the doctors told me in the Life Sciences Center; that there’s something strange
in my blood that can lead to a cure for all STD’s, even HIV and AIDS, that a
vaccine could be created that can save countless lives.”
“And,” Chris
prompted.
“I mean, it’s a
little overwhelming. Why me? I’m nobody special.”
Chris rolled his
eyes, “Here we go again. Ethan, you are special. You’re special to me, you’re
special to our friends, and you’re special to your customers. Do you want me to
continue?”
“No. I get the
point. Then there’s the fact that I’m cured of HIV.” A thought suddenly popped
into Ethan’s head. Maybe, just maybe…
“If I’m cured, then maybe they can cure…”
“Don’t say it!”
Chris interrupted.
“Why not?”
“First of all,
that scum bag Ken knew he had AIDS. He got you so drunk you passed out and when
you did, he fucked you without a condom and shot his load inside you.”
“I would never
have allowed that to happen,” Ethan
argued.
“Then how do you
explain the fact that I caught him pulling his dick out of your ass on the
couch. There was no condom wrapper anywhere. Ethan, his cum was leaking out of
you. He raped you, but you refused to press charges. Alicia told me that
technically, since he was in full knowledge of the fact that he did have
full-blown AIDS and did not use a condom when he fucked you; that is classified
as assault with a deadly weapon.”
“He should be in
jail somewhere, not roaming the streets infecting others.” Thankfully that dickwad Patrick’s in jail for the rest of his life!
Ethan sighed,
knowing his brother was right. “Well, there’s nothing I can do about it that. I
just can’t understand why this is all happening to me.”
“I don’t
understand it either, bro, but I do know one thing and that there’s a reason
for everything that happens.” Chris rubbed the side of this face, something he
did when he was puzzled over something.
“What reason
could there possibly be?”
“Whatever the
reason is, at least something good has come out of all this crap.”
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