SINFUL SALVATION
And I craved him.
I looked down at my swollen belly, running my hands over the small bump.
You are my salvation, I thought, feeling the tiny life inside. And you are my damnation.
I finished the eggs, swallowed the vitamin, and lay back against the silk sheets. The penthouse was silent, cold, and beautiful.
I had been saved from the gutter.
But as the hours crawled by, and the daylight turned to dusk, I realized I was just waiting for the monster to come home and claim me.