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"Thank God for that, huh?"

Mel chuckled and took her stool, snapping on the gloves She selected a speculum, then selected a s it in "Well, here’s a surprise Hy, I’m amazed" She collected the Pap smear and removed the speculum "I was able to slip past it with the swab, but what’s left of the hyht be sacrificed when I palpate the uterus and check your ovaries"

"It has to go so to lose it the way the other girls do"

Mel chuckled "This is going to work out better for you We’ll get everything checked out and find you a dependable pill No shocking surprises for you, Shelby"

"A twenty-five-year-old virgin How often do you see that outside a convent?"

"You’re not the first," Mel said, standing She gently palpated the uterus "Since you don’t have any sy to stretch ular?"

"Extreood, Shelby" She pulled off her gloves "I usually do the breast exaet the pelvic out of the way Let’s have a look," she said, pulling the gown to one side, then the other to gently examine her breasts for lumps

"I’ll take you up on the birth control pills, even though I don’t have any use for them at the moment," Shelby said

It would be unethical for Mel to ask Shelby if she had so a sed in a neighborhood bar "Well, I think it’s healthy to have a sex life with a responsible partner," she finally said "I think it’s unhealthy to have an unplanned pregnancy Choose very carefully Be prepared Play it s I probably don’t have to lecture on this, but--"

"Condoms," Shelby said She smiled and a flush reached her cheeks "I should probably have so beautiful, intelligent women for patients Get dressed and I’ll round you up so the clinic for the day when soht back inside "Mel?"

"H up fro in the boarded-up church?"

"What?"