Chapter 20: Chapter 20

It was going to be fine. They’d done this a hundred, no, a thousand times. They’d rehearsed ad infinitum for the past four days. There was no reason to be nervous, just because the pianos were a little more grandiose than he was used to, the restaurant was packed, and he could hear slot machines dinging in the background outside.

He glanced at the empty piano opposite him. They could do this. Together.

A few patrons looked in his direction when he started to play Sinatra’s version of “Embraceable You.” It was slow and predictable, and almost immediately they turned back to their dinners. Ignore the man at the piano. He must just be the warm-up for the real show. After all, the shows are bigger here in Vegas.