The Book of Love by Lynn Weingarten

Author:Lynn Weingarten
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins

The New Voices stage was set under a miniature circus tent of red and white stripes.

Lucy stood down the stairs to the side, hair teased, rock chick outfit on, squeezing the neck of her brand-new guitar. Why was she doing this again? Why was she bothering? Even she wasn’t entirely sure. Maybe she just needed to prove to herself she could do it—she could still feel that rush of connection she used to feel when she sang. Then again, maybe she was just bored. And had already put on all that eyeliner . . .

Up onstage a guy was whistling and playing a small set of drums. It didn’t sound like much to Lucy, but when he finished, the crowd gave the closest thing to a standing ovation you could get from a bunch of people who were already standing. They must be an easy audience, Lucy decided. Which was good, because she was finally starting to get nervous. And it was her turn to go.

Lucy climbed the stairs and walked out onstage. She could feel a couple hundred people staring up at her. She unfocused her eyes a bit so she wouldn’t have to see them.

“Hello,” she said into the microphone. “My name’s Lucy, and this is a song I wrote for . . .” She paused. She’d written it for Alex, but it was her song now. “Someone I cared about a lot, back when I was really stupid.” She heard a few people laugh. She inhaled one last time, then opened her mouth and let out a note, high and clear.

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