Tina's Story Chapter 63 The Scandal
Tina's Story Chapter 63 The Scandal
Colleen dropped her emerald green dress to the floor. She then unfastened her gray lace bra, and slipped off her matching panties. Placing her clothes on a chair, she put on the examining gown, and sat on the table. About fifteen minutes later, the doctor entered.
"How have you been doing since the birth?" he asked
"Pretty good" was her reply "Except....I've had a little burning.....down there."
"Let's take a look, then"
Colleen lay back, and her doctor guided her legs into the stirrups. He then washed up, put on his gloves, grabbed a speculum, and some lubricant. Inserting the device, he began the exam, while talking to his patient.
"Hmm. You're healing up nicely. Almost back to your pre-pregnancy self. Have you resumed marital relations?"
"Uh huh." She replied
"Any discomfort"
"Not really"
"Well, lets take a swab, just to make sure we don't have anything bad going on...."
After the exam, Colleen went home, and went on with her life. It wasn't until a few days later that she received a call from the doctor's office.
"Colleen? This is the doctor's office. We got your test results back. Can you come by to discuss the results with doctor?"
Colleen was in shock. She didn't know what this was about. She only knew that doctors don't bring you in to tell you that everything was fine. The next day, after a worried night, Colleen was in the doctor's office.
"Doctor, I'm worried sick. What's going on ? "
At first, the doctor looked away. Then he met his patient's gaze.
"You have an STD."
"An STD?" She repeated
"Yes. A sexually transmitted disease. Treatable. We caught it early. You were checked at the time of the birth. You tested negative. So, time is on our side. It's completely treatable."
"Why do I feel a 'but' coming"
"Well, there are other concerns"
"Go on."
"Anytime we see an STD, there's a concern about AIDS....."
Colleen collapsed in the doctor's chair, and the tears began. For his part, the doctor let her cry. Then, he gave her a prescription for the infection, and they drew blood for an AIDS test.
By the time she got home, Colleen was cried out. Lydia was busy making dinner.
"Hi, Hon!" she greeted cheerily.
"Is Sean here?"
"Uh, no. there was a message on the machine that he's going to be away a few days, looking at some horses in Kentucky. Why?"
"Have you...been intimate with him lately?"
Lydia blushed, clasping her hands, and swinging them back and forth in schoolgirl fashion.
"Well......it had been a long time....before the babies."
"How do you feel?"
"What do you mean?"
"Any problems....down there?"
"Uh, not really. I think maybe I have a little yeast infection or something. Why do you ask?"
Colleen put her elbows on the table, her head in her hands.
"The doctor told me I have an STD......I haven't been with anyone but you and Sean."
Lydia stared at her lover, trying to understand what she is being told.
"You mean.....you're thinking.....Sean?"
Colleen just looked at her, not blinking, just looking straight ahead.
"Oh my GOD!" Lydia had her hands to her face.
That night, the babies went to bed early. After a shower, the two just sat on the sofa, holding each other, and crying. Lydia spent the night in Colleen's bed. The next day, Lydia booked an appointment with her doctor. Fortunately, neither came back positive on an HIV test. Still, they were shaken to the core.
"What do we do?" Lydia asked
" I can only speak for myself" Colleen replied
"What....what are you going to do. I mean, you know?"
Colleen looked into the eyes of the frightened Afghan
"Yes. I know. I've actually known for some time. This just told me that it's time."
Colleen began to walk around the room, as if she needed to, or perhaps for dramatic effect.
"Sean....was never....has never been mate material. For years, my girlish fantasies allowed me to overlook that inconvenient fact. But I always knew it. I'm obsessed with him, but I don't love him. I never have. Love require the participation of the other person. Sean never loved back.. No, I've only known love once in my life."
Lydia looked at her friend with big Afghan eyes.
"Who, Colleen? Who do you love?"
Colleen looked back with the softest eyes Lydia had ever seen.
"You. You are the love of my life."
Without a word, Lydia took Colleen in an embrace. She buried her face in the Setter's fur, and held her for a long time.
That night was a special night for both ladies. Lydia joined Colleen in her bed, never to leave from that night on. The next day, the two went on a date, just like it was the first time. There was candlelight and roses, long looks, and little conversation. Seeing the two together, one could not help but feel the love between the two. Still, there was unfinished business. Like Sean. The next day, Sean arrived late that afternoon. Coming through the door, Sean was full of his usual bluster. Colleen met him at the door.
"How're the two lovliest lasses in all the land?"
Sean bent to kiss Colleen on the neck. Colleen responded by sinking her teeth into the Irishman's neck, in a way that could only be construed as wanting to kill, or seriously injure.
"Wuh...?"
Sean staggered back. Before he could right himself, Colleen drew a vicious paw across Sean's face, drawing blood where her claws slashed his cheek. Finally getting his footing, Sean spoke:
"Missy....Why?!"
Colleen looked at him with Irish firs in her eyes.
"DON'T 'MISSY' ME, YOU SORRY SON-OF-A-BITCH!!! I cook your meals, take your calls, wash you're dirty clothes...we JUST had your children! And what are YOU doing? Sticking that wandering dick of yours in the first skank that will have you! What's this about? You gave us VD, you sorry mother fucker! Now drag your lame as out of here. You can leave me your new address; I'll see you get your stuff......eventually. Now, GET OUT! You're bleeding on the rug....
SLAM!!!!!!
Back at the DMV, Felicia has been called into Tina's office at the end of the workday.
"You wanted to see me, Mrs. Goldstein?" Felicia inquired, innocently
'Oh, yes, do come in! I just wanted a word with you before you go. Remember my party? The one where you had such a wonderful time? I heard through the grapevine that your 'friend' from the men's room is being treated for an 'embarrassing medical condition...."
All the color leaves the Siamese' face. Tina leans over the desk. She has a big smile, so big you can see Tina's large, white front teeth- the ones used for ripping and tearing.
"Now, I don't know if you gave anything to him, or whether he gave anything to you. But if I encounter ANY further details of your sordid little personal life, well, it would be 'uncomfortable'. For you. Do I make myself clear?"
Felicia nods.
Tina gets up, and puts her arm around Felicia's shoulder, walking her out.
"GOOD! I like it when we understand each other...."
Tina, Ray, and the girls from the DMV stand on a windswept bluff, facing the ocean. Lydia wears a white lace wedding dress, a wreath of flowers in her hair. Colleen wears a simple white sleeveless dress. There is a female Episcopal priest. The priest asks:
Do you, Lydia, take Colleen as your lawful wedded spouse, for richer and poorer, in sickness and in health?
"I do"
Do you, Colleen, take Lydia as your lawful wedded spouse, for richer and poorer, in sickness and in health?
"I do."
"Then, by the powers invested in my by the State of Connecticut, I declare you spouses for life. You may now kiss your partner.