Chapter Forty-One

This is my fault. My sins are what led to this. I had made so many mistakes and veered off the path of righteousness. 

I was not treating my body like a temple. I was treating it like a place of sin! Sex, drugs, piercings. I had defiled my temple in most ways. Is that why this happened?

Is that why I'm in the waiting room of the hospital praying someone I love will be okay?

Did my sins get us here?

48 Hours Earlier

"Are you sure you want to go through with this?" Aleecia asked. "I mean your mother may die."

"She'll be fine! It's a tiny stud in my nose, I'm not getting a face tattoo."

"She's gonna flip."

I s