I was up earlier than Jason, looking down at him as he slept topless against the hard wooden floor. Before he has the chance to wake up I slip into the bathroom and freshen myself up for the day, in desperate need of a shower.

Today I felt numb, the curse wasn't overly painful but I felt exhausted from the inside out. My body slowly adjusting to the chronic pain that I usually feel every day, now I'm just used to it.

Cracking the bones in my neck and then my hips, feeling like a one-hundred-year-old doll that hasn't been moved in years.

After popping the bathroom door back open,...