After My Boyfriend Got Allergic to Cat Fur, I Broke Up

Covering a coworker's shift, I ended up treating the patient who walked in—my own boyfriend.

His chart showed that this year alone, he'd registered at the clinic a hundred times for cat-fur allergies and been rushed to the emergency room thirty-eight of them.

I dropped my voice and pressed him. "Don't you know you have severe asthma? Too much exposure to cat fur could kill you."

He didn't recognize me behind the mask. He only smiled and explained.

"There's nothing I can do. My girlfriend's depression is so bad, keeping a cat is the only thing that lifts her mood."