Six Miles From Nashville by Elaine Littau

Author:Elaine Littau [Elaine Littau]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1482019426
Amazon: B00B2HJBAU
Published: 2013-01-16T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Betty couldn’t believe that it had been a year since the birth of her baby. She thought of that desperate day and the little newborn. I hope he is better off than if I had kept him. She paced the floors of her small apartment. If I had known things would be as good as they are now, I wouldn’t have left him there. She ran to the bathroom and sobbed into a towel. I can never forget him.

She returned to the kitchen, took a folder containing a sheaf of paper, and ran down the back stairs to meet with Bill before the morning shift began. They were working on their third song together. Some of the up and coming stars were vying for their work. As of yet, their only singing gigs had been doing demos for their songs as well as songs written by others in their group at the studio.

Bill took the folder before she sat at the back table. He read over the lines and nodded his head. “This one is a good ballad. We needed it to balance with the little jingle-type hype we have been writing.”

She pulled another piece of paper out of her coat pocket. “This one is a Christmas song. It is rough and could use your touch.”

He took his guitar and strummed a chord. “Sing it as is. We will fill it in as we go.”

The words stuck in her throat because they were so close to her heart. She began in her strong low voice,

“Christmas without you,

Isn’t Christmas at all.

I watch for you in the meadow,

when the snowflakes begin to fall.

Losing you...”

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