Chapter 97: Outsmarting The Patriarch
Lizzie
After days of procrastination fueled by pure terror of the unknown, I finally enrolled in my second degree. Psychology, online, part-time. I had Reese to thank for that—if I was being honest, he had practically forced my hand.
He sat beside me one evening, laptop open, refusing to move until I clicked “Submit.”
The strangest thing had been the fact that I had a new name now. I wasn't just Elizabeth Marie Foster now.
I was Elizabeth Marie Foster Blackwood. Still can't believe it though.
I didn’t have any live classes at the moment, so I was completely free for now. The coursework wasn’t nearly as overwhelming as I had feared.
Turns out Reese had been right all along. I had been scared of nothing but my own overthinking.
The suite wa
