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

I sped up the driveway and sprinted up the steps to press the doorbell. I shifted nervously from foot to foot until Susan answered the door.


“Ms. Chris!” she exclaimed, when she saw me standing there. “I’m so glad you’re here.”


Susan pulled me inside and closed the door.


“Oh, Ms. Chris, you won’t believe it’s her. She hasn’t been the same since you left.” When I looked at her, confused, she drew me to a chair in the foyer and sat me down.


“I know what happened that day; we all heard her screaming at you. The next week, though, every time I went up to change her bed, or clean her bathroom, she’d be sitting there, crying…every day…for over a week. She wouldn’t talk to any of us about it…not even to Jack, and he’s been here the longest.”


“Uh…” How do I ask this. “Has there…is there anyone else?”


Chapter 74