The Whole Golden World by Kristina Riggle

Author:Kristina Riggle
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction, Family Life, Legal, Contemporary Women
ISBN: 9780062206466
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-11-04T18:30:00+00:00

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On the good days, Morgan’s cello seemed alive to her; like a friend, or more accurately, like a loving pet: responsive to touch and attention, never judgmental, ever present.

Other days, like this day, in her room with her solo, it seemed like the actual object it was. A bulky hollow chunk of wood that could only be coaxed to produce music with just the right stroke of the bow, the precise placement of the fingers.

Morgan felt tears sting her eyes as her fingers once again collided with each other like a highway pileup, and her bow squawked across the string. She carefully rested her bow on the stand and set her cello carefully on its side, biting down hard on a surging desire to snap her bow over her knee.

Though, she thought as she lowered herself shakily to the side of her bed, being fiberglass, the bow might not break anyway.

She’d known a solo would be hard, out there alone with nothing between her and the judges but her instrument and the music stand. But she’d given in to the conductor, Mrs. Allen, and her wheedling to try a solo, for just this last competition, in honor of her last year in orchestra. After all, next year in college she would not be playing, in fact she probably would not even take her cello; it would be far too bulky in a shared dorm room.

Morgan sat back on her bed and massaged her aching hands. Her temples throbbed now that she was prone, and she closed her eyes, savoring the notion of sleep. But she hadn’t yet done her homework for the afternoon; she’d decided to practice first because the boys weren’t home yet. They always whined when she practiced the cello. Even with her door closed it was pretty damn loud, even if she clipped the mute to the bridge to try and dull the ringing sound.

She stared at her phone, praying for him to text her. She picked it up and thumbed through the old texts, rereading the precious few he’d been able to send.

Miss you.

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