CHAPTER TWO

To say Tess abhorred math was extreme but accurate. It was like math was some ancient and evil ritual they were required to participate in. She didn't ask for math to solve her problems, so why did she have to solve math's problems?

Unfortunately for Tess and every other student in the 8 a.m. Algebra I course, Arkham High School was pretty ambivalent to those who loathed math. For graduation, several math credits were required: Algebra I first, then geometry, then Algebra again, as if one wasn’t enough! Tess was going to hate every minute of it. For Tess, math brought up nothing but unpleasant memories, starting with her fifth grade math teacher mocking her in front of the entire class for not knowing the answer to a question.

Still, it wasn't like she was...

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