The next day, Dominic went to work. The security guard, Mr. Morris, noticed he looked off and asked, "Rough night?"
Dominic nodded.
"Fought with your girlfriend?"
"No, just exhausted."
Mr. Morris sighed, "Don't push yourself so hard, son. Your health comes first."
After clocking out in the afternoon, Dominic didn't go home. He headed straight to the construction site.
They were short-handed, so the foreman immediately hooked him up with some work the moment he saw him.
"Hey, Dom, how late can you stay today?"
"I can pull an all-nighter if you need."
"Alright, we'll just do an hourly rate then."
Dominic changed into his work clothes, followed the other workers up the scaffolding, and started hauling bricks and mixing mortar, going back and forth up and down.
Sweat poured down his
