Girl from Nowhere by Tiffany Rosenhan

Author:Tiffany Rosenhan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

CHAPTER 31

Standing in my evening gown, with curled hair falling over my shoulders and feet bare on the wood floor, I know what to do.

My life here in Waterford is weaving together like a Belgian tapestry.

I grab hold of the tulle and chiffon fabric and squeeze into my familiar spot between the bench and the piano keys.

The small brass lamp is turned on, illuminating the sheet music that my mother must have taped back together. With my toes, I trace each pedal. Stretching my fingers, I see the conductor saunter forward in his white tie and tails.

My fingers grace the keys.

My thumb presses first. The sound echoes. My hands quiver. My pointer finger touches next. The note rings in my ears.

Closing my eyes, I stroke the shiny porcelain keys. Occasionally I glance at the paper, but I don’t need it. The music pours out of me like I am a storm cloud and it is rain.

Soon, my fingers are racing toward the finish line, each trying to get there faster than the next. Despite their race, they work in unison—in exquisite harmony—welcoming me back.

It isn’t until I finish the prelude that I hear feet shuffling behind me. I swivel to face them.

My mother is holding a dishcloth in one hand and a glass pitcher in the other. My father stands in his bathrobe, motionless.

I smile. And then we all start to laugh.

I have to maneuver my legs from beneath the layers of tulle to stand, but it feels right to be wearing this fluffy chocolate chiffon gown. After all, it was what I wore the last time I played, on that drizzly spring day in Vienna.

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