A Dance With Destiny

Baileigh White, a dancer, didn't have the easiest start to life. When she was three, she was diagnosed with a rare heart and lung condition, and heraEUR,days were filled with hospital visits, medications, and an ever-looming uncertainty. Baileigh began dancing at age three,aEUR,following her diagnosis. At six years old, her health deteriorated, and sheaEUR,ended up on life support after suffering cardiac arrest. FollowingaEUR,weeks of ups and downs, a decision was made to remove Baileigh from life support. Still, a miracle happened, and a call came. Baileigh was receiving a heart and lung transplant. Baileigh was a survivor after the transplant, and her life became a balance between gratitude and the fear of rejection. Amid thisaEUR,posttransplant struggle, she danced again, moving with effortless grace against all odds, surrendering to the rhythm of life and refusing to let anything limit her spirit.As a high school senior, Baileigh went to Seoul, South Korea, where fate visited. PracticingaEUR,alone one night, she heard something like a commotion. She opened the door to find a wounded man who had stumbled into her studio, chased by a dark figure. She saved his life when she instinctively defended him with a baseball bat, showing up like a knight inaEUR,shining armor. This stranger, Evan, held secrets that connectedaEUR,their lives. Back in the States, Baileigh returned to heraEUR,life with a silent reminder of a night she wished she could forget. As the danger came roaringaEUR,back, Evan returned, his history and hers colliding in a shower of violence and desire. Evan chose love instead of duty and stood with Baileigh. Their love was aaEUR,light for all.

-- Alicia Steinke