Development (Songs and Sonatas Book 2) by Jerica MacMillan

Author:Jerica MacMillan [MacMillan, Jerica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-03T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Gabby

“Yes, Mom, things are going well. I have a gig next week. I’ve already had one lesson with Julia, and I have another one tomorrow.”

“You think she’ll be a good fit?”

“She’s great, Mom. I think you’d like her. She’s friendly, but honest. And she already has me getting a deeper tone out of my instrument. I think Clara will be impressed when I get back to school in the fall.”

“Well, good.” My mom’s voice sounds more pleased and less concerned after a long list of reassurances about how I’m doing here. From the way she’s acting, you wouldn’t guess that I’ve been gone for most of the last year. Like me being far from home is new.

I guess she did expect to have me home all summer. All things considered, she and Dad are handling the change of plans really well.

“And how’s Jonathan?”

As usual, a little smile comes to my face when I talk about him. “Keeping busy. He’s at a meeting with the label right now, getting more details about the album release and concert tour.”

Mom’s quiet for a minute. “Oh, well, that sounds positive.”

“It is. His career is moving forward. I’m happy for him.”

“Good. I’m happy for him too. I know we haven’t met in person, but I feel like I know him from you talking about him and the few conversations I’ve had with him. I just worry about you. About what’ll happen between you two when you go back to school.”

Sighing, I sit down on the bed. My violin case is still open next to me. I’d been working on the little melody I started composing a couple of weeks ago when Mom called, playing through it, seeing if I can expand on it.

“I know, Mom. It’s not going to be easy. But we’ll figure it out. He won’t be on tour forever. And there are breaks. I don’t know what his tour schedule will look like, but I’m sure he’ll have time off eventually. Plus, I’ll be busy with school to keep me distracted while he’s gone.”

She makes a noncommittal sound. “Well, I’m glad things are going well for him anyway.”

“Me too, Mom.”

The sound of the front door opening and closing reaches me in the bedroom, followed by Jonathan’s voice. “Gabby?”

I head into the living room, waving at Jonathan and pointing to my phone. “It’s my mom,” I mouth.

He smiles and leans in close. “Hi, Mrs. Kane.”

“Oh!” Mom almost squeaks in my ear. “I didn’t realize he was there.”

I giggle. “He just got home. I guess he wants to say hello. Hang on.” Pulling the phone away from my ear, I put it on speaker. “Okay, he can hear you now.”

“Hello, Jonathan. And I’ve told you that you can call me Elizabeth.”

“Elizabeth. How are you?”

“I’m well, thank you. Better now that I’ve gotten my weekly confirmation that my youngest daughter is still alive and well. She assures me that you’re taking good care of her.”

My eyes widen in mortification. “Mom!”

Jonathan just chuckles. “I wouldn’t dream of doing anything less.

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