Lauren's POV
My life is anything but perfect right now, and if I am being honest with myself, my life is a mess, a mess I don't know how to get out of, but one thing I couldn't do, is stay in New York City and cry everytime I think about Anthony.
My whole life, I have had to do things that other people wanted, I have had to live according to the standards that everyone has put for me, my parents. From a young age, they controlled me and my life, which led me to a lot of eating disorders along the way.
Then they married me off to Danilo. Even then, I was in another environment where I had to live up to someone else's expectations. I had to leave school, give up on my dreams, and focus on my marriage.
Getting away from that marriage was the first decision I took for myself in years. It
