How Sweet the Sound by Vanessa Miller

Author:Vanessa Miller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abingdon Fiction
Published: 2014-01-23T05:00:00+00:00

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Stepping onto that stage, Shar was as nervous as she’d ever been. The flapper dress she wore showed her knees, and way, way too much of her bosom was hanging out for all to see. Shar felt like a showgirl as she opened the ostrich feather fan all the way, so that it covered her from the tip of her shoulder to just below her knees.

But Shar was thankful that the fan covered her knees because they were shaking. Totally out of her element in that environment, Shar only knew a few secular songs and that was because the lady next door to her parents’ house played her blues songs while hanging her wash out to dry. One of the songs was by Bessie Smith. It wasn’t very ladylike, so Shar stood in front of the mic, looking out at the audience in the dimly lit room wondering what she should do.

“Move that feather so we can see you, girl,” one of the men at the bar yelled.

“Forget seeing her. I thought she was supposed to be singing something,” another man hollered from the back.

Shar’s eyes darted across the ballroom, looking for Nicoli, hoping and praying that he would come and rescue her.

The piano player banged on the keys trying to get her attention. He was seated to the left of her on the floor just below the stage. Shar looked down. “What do you want me to play?” he asked.

She quickly racked her brain, but when she could come up with nothing else, she told him, “ ‘Mama’s Got the Blues’ by Bessie Smith.”

“Now you’re talking.” The piano player smiled as his fingers tapped the keys.

Having no choice but to do something now that she was on stage, Shar opened her mouth and began belting out the only song she thought would satisfy this crowd.

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