A Moment

A chance meeting... Life didnt turn out the way Id ever hoped it would. I got pregnant at 14. Same year my mom got diagnosed with MS. Dad bailed on us and my life felt like it suddenly started to spiral out of control. Im 21 now, I go to college, I work hard, trying to make something of myself. I wasnt supposed to be at that burlesque bar Valentines Day. I wasnt supposed to meet Ryan Cosgrove, but I did. And now nothing will ever be the same. Love born from pain... Im a retired Marine, an MMA fighter, and when I was younger something terrible happened to me. Life is hard and Im so tired of pretending its not. Im in a burlesque bar, drowning my sorrows, trying to shut out the demons breathing down my neck always reminding me Im not good enough. Then I see Liliana Delgado and something inside of me- something Id thought long dead- stirs to life. I wonder... can she save me? I hope she can, because I dont think I can save myself. This is our moment...