Gino was looking very, very bad. Premature aging had caused his face to wrinkle up like an old man’s and liver spots covered the skin on his hands. He had lost an incredible amount of weight in the last few months and his skin hung on his once magnificent shoulders like an old jacket draped loosely over a kitchen chair. The doctors had given us no hope. Unless there was a miracle, he’d be dead within a month. I was frantic from worry. We had stopped going to the bars months ago when he had started feeling bad. Our friends stopped coming by after seeing how bad he looked. The prospect of being prematurely aged by an unknown metabolic disease terrified them. AIDS they understood, but there was something horrifying about seeing a handsome man of twenty-five being turned into a doddering old wreck in a matter of weeks. Gino lay in his bed shivering with the cold of approaching death as I sat by his side and held his hand.
The Day’s of his Lives Scene 77
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Eight Days of Diapers Scene 74
Though talkative as ever, the family made it through the meal without a single argument and Andy began to...
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Lamp of Love Scene 52
The frolicsome pokes which he would have enjoyed as an adult made him peevish and out of sorts as...
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Sissy Gillian Scene 21
I will get you one of those to make you a more shapely young miss! I must admit that...
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Meg’s Transformation Scene 13
As she browsed, Megan’s cell phone began to ring. She quickly picked up without bothering to look at the...
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Her Name Is Lea Finale Scene 176
“Toby,” I started. The big lug lifted his face from the floor to look at me. “If you...
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Dancing Queen Scene 4
I was shaking all over my body; cold sweat was on my forehead. What a dream Sometimes the picture...
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Surrogate Scene 66
Hailey quickly realized that Erin didn’t want to discuss the subject, and remembered her father’s request. She had slipped...
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Rockabuy Baby Scene 180
Andrew’s neurological encystment had been a bad move from either a tactical or emotional standpoint. Separation from his physical...