The Plague of Desire
Otherwise, I feared that if the doctor failed, Tom might do what the old women whispered about—the kind of cure that involved a needle and no mercy.
Soon, I met the college-educated doctor, Dr. Cole Carter. To my surprise, he was a man. Even though I was a middle-aged woman, how could I let a male doctor examine such a private matter? I was about to leave, but Tom grabbed my hand.
"If you don't get treated, how are you going to harvest the crops?"
Thinking about how this condition had severely impacted our lives these days, I had no choice but to stay.