SONGBIRD (JAX DIAMOND MYSTERIES Book 1) by Gail Meath

Author:Gail Meath [Meath, Gail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-11-10T22:00:00+00:00

16

The Piano Player

On stage, Laura fumbled during rehearsal a few times, which rarely happened. It began to irritate the other performers, and even the director stopped to stare at her. But she couldn’t concentrate and kept glancing over at Charlie playing the piano. The rehearsal was nearly over, and their Wednesday night performance was going to begin in just over an hour. But still, Mister Beacham hadn’t shown up.

She noticed the stage manager standing in the hallway. She kept her eyes on him while waiting for the director to dismiss the performers. Then, she hurried off the stage. “Mister Kratz, could I speak with you for a moment?” He turned around. “I’m sorry to trouble you, but do you know where Mister Beacham is? He missed practice the other day, and he isn’t here yet. I wondered if you’ve heard from him?”

“He called the theater on Monday morning and said he needed to go out of town for a few days to visit his sister. He should be back for the next performance on Friday.”

“His sister?” she asked. That didn’t make any sense. “He told me that he didn’t have any other family.”

Mister Kratz shrugged. “I don’t know, that’s what he said. Maybe it’s a sister that he wished he didn’t have. I’ve got two of those.” And the man headed down the hallway.

Laura stood there. Something was wrong. She knew for a fact that Mister Beacham didn’t have a sister. At least not living. He had told her that both his and his wife’s entire families were killed in Romania during the war, but the two of them had miraculously escaped, and they eventually found safe passage to America.

Laura didn’t know what to do. “Mister Kratz, wait up!” she yelled as she ran after him. “Do you know where Mister Beacham lives? I’m probably overreacting. You know how melodramatic women can be.” She feigned a chuckle. “But I’d feel better if I could ask a friend of mine to check with Mister Beacham’s landlord to make sure everything is all right.” He obviously wasn’t very happy with her request, so she added, “It would really help me to relax so I don’t make any mistakes during our performance tonight.”

“He lives at the brownstone on Lafayette Avenue,” he said abruptly before walking away.

That was only a street over from where she lived. She rushed into her dressing room and found Annie there, waiting for her. “I need a big favor, Annie.” She sifted through her handbag and gave her Jax’s card. “Would you be a dear and call Jax for me?”

“Of course,” she replied.

“Tell him that I need him to check on someone. I’ll write down the name and address for you to give to him. I hate to trouble you or him, but I don’t know what else to do. If I didn’t have this performance, I would go there myself.”

“What has you so upset, Miss Laura?”

“I’m hoping it’s nothing,” she replied, but while she quickly wrote the information down, someone knocked on the door.

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