My life's not that easy in the beginning, well, I'm rich, got a big house, all mine and do whatever I want to do. That's not how it looks like. People may think that I'm lucky because I have those kinds of things. The truth is, I'm fighting with an endless war between myself and HIV. That's it, a virus that causes the immune system to go weak from days to years if not medicated right. I've been in depression and anxiety after discovering that I'm positive about it. instead of staying away from me, my family loves me even more than any other thing in the world. That's the sweetest thing I had in my life.
I was in my fourth-year college when I met this guy named Eric, he's kind, handsome, and trustworthy. We've been together like five months and then it ends. I regret to have a relationship with him. The once I knew who's kind, polite, and the trustworthy guy became a traitor to my life.
One night, he invited me into a party, with his other guy friends but then he drugged me until I lost my consciousness. I discover in a text that he's the one who infected me using a needle and injected me some of his blood and dumped me out. I woke up in an alley somewhere in New York with my dirty white shirt and jogger pants. As I go back at my home, my parents are in tears looking at my horrible self. I didn't know that they were searching me at that night because I didn't reply them on their text messages.
They push me to tell them the truth but I decided not to talk and chose peace. I may look like a total fool but I don't want any conflicts. Besides, it is also my fault not to look after myself. For those who did such a thing will never forget what they did. Though my father wants to kill Eric.
People with HIV can still have a normal life, like any other people in the world. With the right care, they can still fulfill their life with positivity and not negativity. That is why we need to destroy the stigma in our society. Show them that people with HIV are living warriors, battling with the virus from time to time. Again, they are WARRIORS. They should also treated equally, and their voices deserve to be heard too.
I pursue my dream of being the CEO of our family company called Olynthian Co. The biggest pharmaceutical company and weapon industry. Serves numbers of countries including the Philippines, Brazil, China, Japan, Germany, and Canada. Though now, I was not living with my family, I live alone in a condominium in NYC so that it's easy to go to work and to manage time.
The only reason why i'm still alive is for my family. I thought this is the end of my life, but, I realize that my mission in this world is not yet done. I have more enemies to fight for, and that is the obstacles that blocks my way in getting a better life.
We are loved, we just don't know.
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