In my world, there is no such thing as love. It is just a lie we whisper into our client’s ear. Love is foreign and hazardous. What I did not expect was to bare my soul to a man who is as egotistical as he is dangerous.

His name is Landon. Despite his blackened soul, he tried to save me, but what he didn't expect was my torturous fate to catch up with me.
To your father, I'm the escort.
To your mother, I'm the whore.
To the legal system, I'm the prostitute.
In the end, I'm just the other woman.
I have no idea if I will continue to survive, if I will ever find my path aside from the gritty streets I know so well. There is a good chance I will wind up in the ditch like most women in my position. Surrendering to my fate is the only choice I have. I must relinquish it all.

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Relinquish

I let out a heavy breath and lay my head back on his legs. "You're just trying to make me feel better," I sniffle.


"It's my fault, too. If I was away from the stairs..." he clips, his voice dark. "I should have listened to you and left you back at the house."


I shift sideways and look up at him, his face taut and eyes holding sorrow. He's blaming himself, too. It hurts me to know that he thinks this is his fault. 


I raise my hand and cup his jaw, the scruff tickling my palm.


"I wasn't sure if I wanted the baby at first," I admit. "I didn't know what to think. Waking up one day and being told you're pregnant is a shock. But now, thinking I may not have that little heartbeat inside me anymore, I know for sure that I do want the baby one-hundred percent." I start to cry. 


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