A New Beginning

Prologue

"What do you mean I have an STD?" I demand of my doctor. This cannot be happening. "Shiloh, it's a mild case but I tested you more than once just to ensure that there was not a false/ positive." I have to sit back down since I am feeling so sick to my stomach pondering the implications of what this means.

"You understand what is happening right?" my doctor asks of me because he knows as well as I do that it is impossible for me to be in this position. I have only been with one person in my whole life. My soul mate, my best friend, my husband, my everything and up until this moment, I believed that I was his one and only as well.

Then, in that moment of clarity all of my emotions come crashing down and the most gut wrenching sobs escape me from deep within my soul. My doctor gets up and quickly comes over to me and kneels in front of me.

He has been my doctor for as long as I can remember and right now a very treasured family friend. He takes my hands in his and says, "If you wish, I would like to do a more detailed battery of tests just to ensure there is nothing else to worry about and I need you to start on some medication right away."

I look up at his face nodding my understanding and approval for his plan. "I don't know what you plan on doing when you get home but just know that if you need anyone to talk to, I am here for you okay!" "Thank you Dr. Pat." I respond as I get up and walk out of his office.

I roam the streets aimlessly in this foggy haze of disbelief ignoring the non-stop ringing of my cellphone. It's him and he is the last person I want to see or speak to. Yet I can't avoid him forever. I need to formulate a plan because I will not make this easy for him not in the least.

I want him to be as surprised by my departure as I am about his betrayal...