Chapter 6

Studio Two was dark except for the piano light. Kieran had my mother’s original score open on the floor.

Beneath the eight counts Damon had cut was a note in her handwriting.

*Corinne leads. Her partner follows.*

My breath caught. “Why do you have this?”

“Your mother gave it to me the week before she died.” Kieran looked at the erased section. “Damon cut these counts because he thought you could not finish them without him.”

He held out his hand.

“Tonight, we rebuild them. Tomorrow, he finds out you have a partner.”

“Why didn’t you tell me before?”

“Because…