The Piano Song You Stole Forever
Language: en
At the orchestra’s open auditions, I was the unintended center of gravity. The air in the room felt thick, heavy with the redirected stares of my colleagues. Some offered the sharp sting of pity; others, a voyeuristic curiosity that felt like needles under my skin. They all knew the score. I was Bennett, the man who had stood by Adrienne Montgomery for seven years, the "almost-fiancé" waiting for a wedding invite that never seemed to get printed. For seven years, I’d been her shadow. I’d walked beside her through the lean years of obscurity to the sun-drenched heights of her current fame.…