Charlie chuckled as he asked, "So, you're still keen for a return to the Calligraphy and Painting Association?"

"Yes! Why not?!" Jacob huffed before he knew it. "I've been thinking about it over the last few days, but I've made up my mind. It's like they say—why do we fall? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up! I've already been thoroughly humiliated, so at this point, nothing can hurt me."

Charlie nodded. "I'll try asking."

"Well, you have to be quick, like I said," Jacob promptly told