I Trusted My Wife Until I Got AIDS

At noon, at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.Aaron Jones stood beneath the blazing sun, yet he felt as though he was trapped in an icy tomb. The test results in his hand were nothing short of a death sentence.They confirmed that he had AIDS.The initial screening at the public hospital had already come back positive. When the follow-up test at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the result, he was officially diagnosed with AIDS.Aaron looked up at the dazzling sun, unable to feel any of its warmth. Instead, he silently questioned the heavens, wondering why they had to be so cruel to him.He was only twenty-eight, yet he had already earned his doctorate and risen to the highest professional rank at his institution. His future had seemed limitless.He never even got the chance to make his mark before a terminal illness struck.To see all his ambitions cut short before he could even begin was both devastating and infuriating.“There are only a few ways t

AIDS really was terrifying!From the balcony, Aaron watched Vanessa’s car weave unsteadily out of the residential complex. He knew she was probably panicking, so flustered that she could barely keep her hands steady on the wheel.After watching her disappear, he looked up at the pitch-black sky. It felt as though the shadow of death already hung over him.Back inside, Aaron looked around at the familiar furnishings. Every item reflected the love and effort he and Vanessa poured into building their home together. The happier those days were, the more painful and empty everything felt now.He entered the bedroom and stood beneath their enormous wedding portrait, staring blankly at Vanessa, the beautiful bride in the photograph. His heart was torn by conflicting emotions. He loved her, yet he also hated her. Part of him hoped she was infected, while another part prayed she wasn’t. The contradiction tore him apart and made his suffering even worse.Without warning, his vision suddenl

Aaron continued taking his medication and receiving IV fluids, then spent the night in the hospital.When he woke the next morning, he felt no better. If anything, his body felt even more exhausted. He examined his face and body in the mirror and saw that the angry rash had not faded. More lesions had appeared instead.Once the rash matured and the sores began to ulcerate, he would be better off dead!Aaron felt utterly hopeless. He stared out the window from the tenth floor and felt a sudden urge to jump, ending everything once and for all.The more he thought about it, the more desperate he became. As though controlled by an invisible force, he got out of bed and began walking toward the window.Then his phone suddenly rang. The sound jolted him back to reality.He saw that Diane was calling and answered.Diane asked which hospital he was in and offered to come see him. Aaron did not want her to worry, so he refused to let her visit. He only told her that he had been admitted, the

Nothing seemed out of the ordinary when Aaron went to bed, but he woke the next morning dizzy, weak, and with no appetite at all.After using the bathroom, he returned to bed and did not want to get up again.The doctor examined him and discovered that the antiretroviral medication had stopped working. The virus was once again attacking his body.Aaron spent the next three days in a daze. On the morning of the fourth day, a nurse brought him a hospital bill. There was not enough money left in his bank account to cover it.He opened his mobile banking app and saw that the account, which once held tens of thousands of dollars, contained only a few hundred.When he checked the transaction history, he discovered that half the money had been transferred away.Aaron called Vanessa, and she admitted that she had moved the money. Since they were still in the middle of finalizing their divorce, she claimed she transferred her half to stop him from wasting it on some young woman.“Aaron, come h

Maya shot Aaron a glance, then smiled defiantly at her mother. “Fine. I’ll leave. Just leave him alone.”Aaron frowned. He was grateful for Maya’s care, but he didn’t want to owe her an emotional debt. Still, the affection in her eyes was unmistakable.This girl was so naive. He could die at any moment, yet she had developed feelings for him?No, that wasn’t it. She was probably using him as an excuse to escape her family.Aaron suddenly shouted, “What are you all staring at? Get out!”The farce finally came to an end. Susan came in to bandage Aaron’s arm and told him that Maya had resigned from the hospital.When Rebecca arrived, Aaron asked, “Was Maya the reason I was able to stay here for so long?”“She played a part,” Rebecca admitted. “She’s related to my family, and I couldn’t refuse when she came to me for help. But she wasn’t the only reason. I’m a doctor, and you’re my patient.”Aaron gave a bitter smile. “What could I possibly do in this condition? I don’t even know if I’ll m