That kind of disease has an incubation period. It could be as short as a few months or as long as a couple of years before the person started exhibiting symptoms. Post-exposure preventive medicine could be taken aurally during the incubation period. However, the disease would be incurable once the person started showing symptoms. 1
That widow was quick to show symptoms. The doctor did a checkup for her and found out that she was just infected in the last few months. The doctor asked the widow, and she confessed truthfully. Those people who wanted to chop off her hand that day were all from the underground, where criminal organizations and activities existed. She did not know which of them had that kind of disease and had infected her. Without a doubt, she had also infected Hector.
She died soon after. Hector, on the other hand, did not develop any symptoms. However, he went to the hospital to check and found that he had already been infected. The virus was already in his blood and he has to take medicine for the rest of his life. Also, he had to pay attention to his own health from then on. A t that moment, Hector felt like he was going to die. Not only could he not be a man for the rest of this life anymore, but he was even infected with a dirty disease.
If he had known he would end up like this, then he
would not gamble in his life. He would rather have his hands chopped off than gamble. If had known he would end up like this, he would rather die from holding in his urges than to have an affair with that dirty widow! However, at that moment, there was no use having regrets anymore. Hector also seemed like h e had turned over a new leaf. He even brought his wife and daughter together to the major hospital in the city to do a checkup. Fortunately, his wife and daughter were both fine and had not been infected. From then o n, Hector then stayed at home to take care of his child conscientiously. As he felt that he was shameful, he did not go anywhere. He simply stayed home every day to take care of his child. Hana had no choice but t o go out to work.
She was not even twenty years old, but she had to live a life with no consummation. She suddenly realized that she had been cheated by Hector. Hector's fatherly affection for her and his kind words were all just a lie t o trick her. To put it bluntly, Hector was just an old bachelor who could not get married. Such an old bachelor even had an affair with the widow from his village when Hana was pregnant. In the end, he was infected, had to take medication for life, and could not go out to work anymore.
Hana felt hatred in her heart. However, no matter how much hatred she had, when she saw her daughter, she would be free of all of the hatred. She knew that Hector could not be counted on anymore. Her daughter’s living expenses and tuition in the future would be dependent on her. If she wanted her daughter to dress a little better and not lack anything, she could only rely on herself and work hard.
She started out setting up a street stall. She had to get up around four in the morning every day and she only got home at midnight every night. She could earn around 200 dollars every day in this situation, which was substantial for their family of three. However, the only shortcoming was that when she went out early every morning every day, her little daughter still had not woken up. When she came back from manning her street stall every night, her daughter had already cried herself to sleep.
Every night, Hana laid next to her daughter and kissed her repeatedly. She said to her daughter with guilt, "Tessa, I named you Tessa because it means harvest and I hope that you can reap plenty of harvest in the future, unlike me. I know you want me to hold you and take you with me, but I have to provide you with a stable and quality life. When you grow up, you will be able to understand me. I truly have no other way, my baby. My life is miserable, but I will not let Tessa's life be miserable. I must save lots of money for you to go to college to study so that you won’t be bullied by anyone. I’m sorry, baby. I desperately wished I could hold you every day, but your good-for-nothing dad..."
Hana was whispering, but she did not know that Hector was behind her.
He aggressively ripped Hana's clothes apart. "I will let you feel if I am good-for-nothing or not!"
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