They had been good friends when she worked in the front office at the plant, but he hadn’t seen her since she left three years ago to take a job as a customer service representative. Now, sitting in the doctor’s office and wondering what the verdict would be, he didn’t even notice when Theresa took the seat beside him. At first he tried to ignore these problems, but eventually he became so short-tempered and irritable that his wife insisted he get a checkup. For weeks he had been plagued by aching muscles, loss of appetite, restless sleep, and a complete sense of exhaustion. The longer he waited, the more David worried.
