Chapter 173

Now that she was farther into the room, Danica noticed the gleaming white upright piano against the wall beside her. A piano! “You can play to your heart’s content while you’re here,” Lorenzo said. Her heart skipped a beat, and she beamed at him as he released her hand. She lifted the lid. Written on the inside is the word: KAWAI She didn’t recognize the name, but that didn’t bother her. She pressed middle C, and it echoed in a golden yellow hue through the big room. “Yes.” she breathed. Perfect. “Balcony over there.” Lorenzo pointed to the wall of glass at the far end of the room. “The sea is beyond.” “The sea?” she exclaimed, and whipped her head to his, wanting confirmation. “Yes,” he said, puzzled and amused by her response. She raced to the glass. “I’ve never seen the sea!” she whispered, squinting through the murky dark and flattening her nose against the cold glass in her desperation to catch a glimpse. To her disappointment there was nothing but a jet-black night beyond the bal