Chapter 80
“Alexa, did you mess with the necklace I gave you? The gemstone doesn’t even look close to the one I custom–ordered! Where’s the necklace I gave you? If you didn’t want it, you could’ve just returned it. Why swap it out and gross me out like this?” Scott shouted.
I rolled my eyes. So, it looks like I’ve been caught.”
He must’ve figured out that the soul inside the little pig wasn’t Jessica’s anymore. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be scrambling to get answers like this.
Clearing my throat, I shot back, “Who the hell cares about your cheap necklace? I tossed it a while ago.“”
Scott’s voice cracked with frustration. “Where did you throw it?“}
I couldn’t help but smirk. “You know that chicken farm west of the school? I tossed it there. It’s probably hanging around some chicken’s neck now.”
I hung up the phone and burst out laughing.”
Honestly, when Logan came looking for me that day, the body swap had already happened, but not the way they thought.”
It wasn’t me who swapped bodies. It was a chicken from the farm.”
The real problem was that there were thousands of chickens there, all looking pretty much the same.
I had to admit, I was curious about how they planned to find Jessica among them.”
But since they couldn’t find her, they’d probably be too tired to mess with me again, right?”
Well, I must’ve been wrong. I still underestimated Logan and Scott.
With midterms coming up, Logan appeared at school looking less like a schemer and more like a guy who’d just been knocked down a few pegs.\
He had a bottle of coconut drink in his hand and seemed off. “Alexa, I’ve missed you these past few days. Since you moved out, I’ve been thinking about you a lot. I even got this coconut drink for you. It was airlifted from Hawaii. I remember you love coconut water, so I thought you’d like this.“”
Before I could react, he shoved the bottle into my hands, grabbed my wrist, and frowned. “Look at you–your nails are so long. Don’t you ever cut them?”
I stared at him, a little confused. ‘Is he actually trying to be… nice?‘”
Before I could say anything, he pulled out a nail clipper and started clipping my nails.
I froze. ‘Did he seriously change? Is he… being thoughtful?‘
Instinctively, I pulled my hand back, and Logan looked a little embarrassed like he wasn’t sure if he’d just crossed a line. “Alright, alright. You’re about to take your exams. I won’t distract you anymore.”
With that, he turned around and walked away, looking defeated.”
I stared at the bottle of coconut water in my hand.”
Nothing seemed off about it.”
Just as ! stood there, still puzzled and ready to return to class, an old man with graying hair suddenly grabbed my arm. He snatched the coconut water from my hands, his eyes cold. “Miss, you can’t drink this. It’s dangerous.“”
The old man shook the bottle and motioned for me to look inside.
Sure enough, I saw a few barely visible scales floating in the coconut water. They didn’t look human, like something you’d find on an animal.
The old man sighed deeply and spoke in a voice that made my skin crawl. “I’ve been watching you for a while. The man who gave you that drink–and clipped your nails–he’s trying to swap your life with something… or someone.”
A cold shiver ran down my spine.\
The old man explained everything.”
It turned out he was an expert in Appalachian Dark Magic, a technique involving life swaps that had been lost to history. He never thought he’d see it in practice.
He led me to his office, dug through old books, and found a solution for the curse.\
He told me that while breaking the curse was possible, the root problem must first be addressed.
And that root? It was the one casting the spell–Logan.
‘Because, as long as the person behind the curse is still around,” he said, “even if we break the spell, they’ll just find another way to torment you.“%
I swallowed hard. This wasn’t over. Logan’s schemes weren’t just some petty little tricks–they were deeply rooted in something far darker.
