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JoJo's POV

I fucked a Monster and I paid for it. With my life.

Literally.

“I can help with the homework and projects if they're taking a toll on your wrists.”

With a frustrated sigh, I drop the ball pen onto my lap and it rolls to the ground.

It's been two weeks since I woke up from the coma. The doctors said I needed more time in the hospital to heal as my wound was too deep and there was a high risk of infection.

Taking my life—Attempting to take my life was a fucked up stretch, one that'll never happen again and I won't say why I did it. The real question is, would you understand?

Exhaustion paints my face as I watch my Aunt slash Adoptive Mom. She's standing over me, over the textbooks strewn across the hospital bed and peering into the book on my lap.

“Stop hovering.”

“Is the Math too hard? Do you need a tutor? Or do you need—”

“Why don't I just drop out?” I throw my hands in the air in exasperation.

“Why would you say such a thing?” She rebukes.

“Why won't I, when you