After a moment of silence, Frank said, "Discussing it over the phone is a little lacking in sincerity. Why don't we speak face to face?"

"Sure," Gene answered briskly, despite having to wait for that response.

He was thoughtful after hanging up-the man sounded young, but he was very confident.

"Heh..." He chuckled self-deprecatingly.

He had actually contracted the illness for over a year, even though he had kept it a well-guarded secret.

At first, he only felt tired and thought his lover was just being cold, but soon felt his body wither.

Then, even walking started to become taxing-and now, he could not walk unassisted, as the world would spin around him and his muscles would hurt terribly.

all he could, visiting every hospital and

worked-none of the doctors could give him a proper diagnosis,

not lack

abroad, but the results were

since Gene was not an average Joe, none of them tried to throw him shoddy

tormented by his illness, Gene came to the despairing conclusion that

his organs, blood, and brain were all normal, but he could feel himself growing weaker by

such, he began to seek other unorthodox methods of

even the fearless snake oil salesmen showed up, with one suggesting that his deceptional ways as a businessman required penance, by buying a ton of land and building fonts of cleansing. Gene was certainly desperate and started to buy

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