MATTEO
I hadn’t felt the unforgiving pain of the curse in over a week, and frankly, I never wanted to again.
Maneuvering through study meetings and weekend lessons to keep the curse at bay was slowly becoming hard work, but I’d prefer to break my back figuratively while trying to get away from the curse than watch my skin nearly burn to ashes every f*****g day.
For the first week, I made sure all our study sessions were done around 2 pm and then I somehow convinced Mrs. Rose that we’d also need to meet on weekends at the same time to increase our chances of winning the competition.
I might’ve sold Mrs. Rose on that front, but not Xenia.
She seemed to be getting suspicious about the timing these days and I couldn’t shake off the feeling that she’d soon thwart my plans. Two days ago, sh
