After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

Chapter 21

"Wow, Elizabeth, your skills have really gone rusty!" Emma teased, after listening to my mispronounced piano playing all over the place. "How on earth did you win first place back in college?"

let out a frustrated groan and buried my head in my hands, the weight of my own expectations crashing down on me.

I used to been the top student in our music department, but now, even the basics seemed

beyond my grasp.

Emma laughed, her eyes twinkling with mischief, as she shook her head at my misery,

force of nature, Elizabeth. But now... well, let's just say you've got a lot of

wrong,

me now take me a long time to stumble and barely

playing.

relearn and practice techniques that have become

I welcomed the

with Emma, and my nights are devoted to practising techniques in the piano room. I threw myself into it completely, pushing my limits in ways I hadn't dared to in years. The more I worked, the more I realized how much I had missed this creative side of myself-the side buried under years of trying to be the perfect

often looked at me-my face shadowed with dark circles and hair in disarray-and shook

say, her tone a mix