SWEET ANTICS (46)

A notification from my phone was the first thing that had me spiraling back to reality, I resisted the urge to jump and instead reached for it, it had been right beside my canvas.

I felt the sides of my lip curl upwards as the credit alert burned into my memory. I had just been paid my first installment and boy, I was ready to do a few things. I groggily stood up and ran my hand through my hair, I had a nagging ache at the back of my head and to be honest, the only thing I wanted to do was lay down, but unfortunately, I had work to do.

I glanced at myself through the mirror in my workshop, I looked pale and exhausted, there were bags under my eyes though, nothing a few touches of makeup couldn’t fix but the reality was... There were bags under my eyes and the more I stared at them, the stronger the urge to curl up somewhere, I shrugged the feeling off, I had a lot of things to do today and the sooner I got started, the sooner I could get to work.

I strolled out of the workshop and do