Forever Finley by Holly Schindler

Author:Holly Schindler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Holly Schindler
Published: 2016-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Song for September

For some, dreams often linger like a haunting melody.

Michael is a failed musician at heart and a coffee shop barista by day. Once the most promising songwriter in the area, he now plays backup at another musician’s weekly gig, avoiding any chance of further defeat. Will the century-old legend of his hometown provide the magic he needs to finally succeed? Will Michael have the power to assist in the long-awaited reunion of Finley’s first sweethearts?

Michael watched from the fringes. It was where he belonged.

Which sounded awfully pouty. Like something a moody teenager would say. But Michael couldn’t help it—it was how he felt. Especially now that a giant clump of Finley residents had gathered at the same place, all at once. Oh, sure, he saw them all on a near-daily basis. Every single one of them came to Cuppa, the coffee shop his mother owned, the same coffee shop where he served as the star barista. That was how everyone thought of him, actually: the best barista in town, the only one with the patience and a hand steady enough to master drawing intricate latte art with perfectly steamed milk—snowflakes in the winter and four-leaf clovers on St. Pat’s Day and even something that resembled an open book, pages flipping about, come the start of a new school year. But for the most part, the Finley-ites came to the shop on a slow drip, if he were to use a coffee metaphor. He could take dealing with them and their perfect lives one at a time, two at a time.

Michael hadn’t anticipated so many showing up on the ancient Powell farmland. It was his rehearsal, after all. His and Gary’s. Rehearsal for the fundraising concert. But word had spread about their plan to do a soundcheck (in Finley, words were as easy to spread as margarine on hot toast), and suddenly, everyone involved in Natalie and Damien’s wedding gift had taken it upon themselves to come, too. So now, it wasn’t really just his rehearsal. It was a giant brainstorming session. An attempt to get everyone on the same page.

Having everyone here all at once overwhelmed him. Especially since this chatter wasn’t small talk, not like it was at Cuppa, Oh, such a lovely sunset last night and How is your mother, Michael, I heard she had a touch of the flu and Do you have any of those lemon bars left? No, here, now, everyone was showing off their own particular talent. And it was driving him crazy. Because once upon a time, his steady hand had been good for far more than drawing latte art. Once, he was the best guitar player around. Destined for greatness, that’s how they’d all talked about him when he was sixteen and he used to busk on the town square, just him and an open guitar case and everyone would stop and toss him their allowance or the money they were going to use to take their girlfriend to the movies that weekend.

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