The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom

Author:Mitch Albom
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2015-10-31T16:00:00+00:00

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FRANKIE AND AURORA. A SYMPHONY IN ITSELF.

I have spoken before about love and music, the tangled duet. Suffice it to say, there was a reason that, for all his amorous adventures, Frankie Presto felt empty with nearly every woman he was with.

Mea culpa.

The truth is, I do not share well. I want you to myself. And you, my precious acolytes, want me, too—­even at the expense of others. You follow me to lonely practice rooms, faraway stages, late hours inside smoky recording studios, your weary fingers banging piano keys, your tired lips clamped around a mouthpiece, playing on, forsaking those who love you and who you should love back. They will lure you. I will lure you more. It is the price I exact. And the one you pay.

Frankie saw this early on. One night during his time with Duke Ellington, the famous bandleader had two attractive women waiting in a long black car.

“Do you like those pretty ladies, Francisco?”

Frankie grinned.

“I agree. They are fine. But music is my mistress. Do you know what that means?”

Frankie shook his head.

“It means those ladies will be gone by morning, but my piano will still be here.”

As a boy, Frankie did not understand. As a man, he understood completely. Over the decades, no matter whose bed he landed in, I was Frankie’s mistress. And I could steal him back from anyone.

Anyone.

Except Aurora York.

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