At the hospital,I am surrounded by the sounds of beeping machines, which now serve as a lullaby that fills me with dread. The hospital now becoming a home I have known for the longest of time, embracing me with its dark cold arms and whispers of my own thoughts floating across the quiet room. Looking at my pale skin in the mirror, I wonder how I got to this point. Bills stacked, a sick mother and a life that feels like it’s falling apart. I have never felt as exhausted, as empty and as broken as I do. I couldn’t help the tears that rolled down my cheeks, a heavy ache settling deep in my chest. All these changes the moment he walked into my life, Dominic DeLuca. He came into my life like a storm with a stoic face and a brooding personality, not giving a single thing away. He is beautiful in that dark quiet way, a man who shouldn’t be looked at twice because once is enough to make you forget who you are. He is everything I was told to avoid but I still find myself constantly craving. With bills stacked and a life hanging by the thread with little to no purpose, he offers me a life changing opportunity. Little did I know, it was one of survival, one that could either make or break me. Where Dominic DeLuca is involved. There is no escape, only survival.