Chapter 31 : Poking Fun

By the time we left the studio, I was feeling far better than I had when I came in. That pressure that was pushing back on me had lessened but it wasn’t entirely gone.

“We have the next week off the competition,” Craig noted. His voice was low but in the dead of night it rippled through the air like a scream.

“Yep.” I pooped the ‘p’ at the end. “I don’t know why they're giving us so much down time. After the first challenge, you would think they would want to get everything rolling.”

In the back of my mind, that silent clock that was sent 10 days ago ticked away. I had 20 days left before my 30 days were up and I had to turn myself in to Jason.

Dread seeped into my body. I tried to push away the negative emotions and just lived in the moment. Right now, I was with Craig under a beautiful moon. Jason was an ocean away and a problem I would face another day.

“I didn’t know you could paint,” I started, changing the topic. I nudged my shoulder with his. “Why didn’t you enter u