MALIA
Monday morning could not come early enough.
I woke up before my alarm even had a chance to do its job, because I was excited to get out of this golden cage. The night had been a short one. I hadn’t slept a lot, all the thoughts keeping me awake.
No idea when the last time was that I was so happy, but also horrified to go to school. I was looking forward to having some feeling of freedom, not constantly being watched by Marcello and having him hang around in my room for no reason.
What I feared was the confrontation with my friends. It was a significant relief that Val knew the truth, but felt even worse at the same time, because now we both needed to lie to Lia and Mason. Not that Val had an issue about lying to Mason, she couldn’t stand him and just put up with him for my sak
