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For Javier Snider, being a gentleman was an instinct. If a female colleague had to walk to her car late at night, he would insist on escorting her. If a tipsy sorority sister stumbled into his arms at a mixer, he never pushed her away. And when Sophie Taylor, the underprivileged student I had personally sponsored through college, told him she was feeling down, his gentleness allowed him to slide right into her bed to comfort her. He texted me: [Baby, I'm almost home. I grabbed a slice of your favorite cake.] The notification popped up at the exact moment I was watching their sex tape. However, Sophie had just been diagnosed with HIV last month. The very gentleness that defined him was the very thing that would destroy him.