Blood of Others
“Her steps echoed as she shut off every light, except the spotlight over the piano, an ancient upright Baldwin with a fancy carved walnut finish.
Maggie sat on the bench and began a soft ballad, the strains wafting in the dark, empty building. She was a community volunteer who came twice a week to clean the hall, which was used for meetings and the occasional wedding reception. Playing the piano after cleaning was Maggie’s private reward. It had become a small pleasure in her life.
Tonight as sh...e played, Maggie wondered if she had the courage to make a change. In the last year or so, she had begun to examine her situation. A shy self-conscious thirty-three-year-old who never went to college because she had stayed home to care for her sick mother, who died in her sleep a few years ago. Maggie was unmarried. She lived in a small apartment a few blocks away. Six days a week she took the bus to her job as a department store clerk in the Red Hills Mall east of Fifty-five. Every day was the same: old ladies complaining about shoes and underwear.MoreLess
Maggie sat on the bench and began a soft ballad, the strains wafting in the dark, empty building. She was a community volunteer who came twice a week to clean the hall, which was used for meetings and the occasional wedding reception. Playing the piano after cleaning was Maggie’s private reward. It had become a small pleasure in her life.
Tonight as sh...e played, Maggie wondered if she had the courage to make a change. In the last year or so, she had begun to examine her situation. A shy self-conscious thirty-three-year-old who never went to college because she had stayed home to care for her sick mother, who died in her sleep a few years ago. Maggie was unmarried. She lived in a small apartment a few blocks away. Six days a week she took the bus to her job as a department store clerk in the Red Hills Mall east of Fifty-five. Every day was the same: old ladies complaining about shoes and underwear.MoreLess
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