Get Real (18 page)

I press three fingers of my left hand—pinky, middle finger, thumb—carefully into the air in front of my left elbow. A perfect chord. The key of C. The fingers on my right hand dance lightly across the empty space to my right. A brisk melody, playful and easy. My posture is centered, elbows slightly out, wrists flat. And my fingers never leave the keys.

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Copyright © 2006 by Betty Hicks

A Deborah Brodie Book

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First edition September 2006

eISBN 9781626723788

First eBook edition: March 2015