Christine Anthony is a cellist who wants nothing more than to play with a major symphony orchestra. Until then, she works in a clothing boutique and spends her weekends playing with a string quartet at a museum.<br><br>When a stylish, rich woman named Car Weldon asks Chris to deliver a purchase to her, Chris finds the world she knows thrown into a spin. Suddenly she’s doing things that would have scandalized her a few weeks previous. When Car takes her to St. Lucia on vacation, she meets new friends and a booking agent who offers her a job that changes her life.<br><br>And when she draws the attention of a well-known gossip columnist and a handsome TV actor, Chris suddenly has a fame she isn’t ready for. With the right choices, her cello could take her more places than she ever imagined ... but what must she leave behind?

All the Right Strings

As I approached Car, she held her hand out to pull me closer.


“This is Chris,” she told the three people she’d been talking to. She wrapped her arm through mine.


They each held out his or her hand and introduced themselves.


“Chris is a wonderful cellist,” Car continued.


“Not wonderful enough, I’m afraid,” I said, bowing my head a bit in embarrassment.


“She doesn’t give herself enough credit.”


“Car gives me more credit than I warrant, I’m afraid,” I told them.


“Do you play with an orchestra?” the older woman asked. I think she said her name was Elizabeth White. That name had seemed familiar.


“Right now I play with the Wind Star String Quartet.”


“I’ve heard you play!” she exclaimed. “In fact, I was at that concert you did in Boston a few months ago. That quartet is very good! I’m surprised I didn’t recognize you.”


I couldn’t keep the smile off my face.


Chapter 21