Terry swallowed his saliva, he never wanted to hear the word HIV. He had heard that the illness makes people grow thin and later die. The thought of it as a sickness without a cure sends a cold through his spine. He felt like stopping his ears not to hear more. He fidgeted on his chair. He felt the pounding of his heart on his chest and his bones screaming out, but certainly not enough to make Doctor Lawal stop talking about this dreaded illness that had claimed millions of lives around the world, particularly in Africa.
It is sexual sin and sex cannot be avoided not even a condom can stop it because at some point people get bored using it, he thought wincing.
He felt guilt crawling through him.
