Her Revenge From Shadow to Sunlight novel Chapter 56

Chapter 56

After dinner, Alicia quickly tidied up the table.

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When she was out dumping the trash, Elliot looked at Gloria and said, “Mom, what’s going on in your head? There are tons of super–talented students dying to be your last apprentice.

“Why pick her? She doesn’t know the first thing about anything, always pretending she does. What makes her better than Tiffany?”

Gloria was silent for a couple of seconds before replying, “It’s not a done deal yet. But yesterday, her answer in class honestly blew me away.

“Most students only care about practicing the instrument, learning sheet music, and cramming for exams- almost nobody actually digs into music history.

“Every period’s music has its own twist, but she was the only one who noticed that. So, I’ll just see how she does. If she can’t handle it, I’ll go with Tiffany.”

Elliot rolled his eyes. “Whatever, go ahead and see for yourself. But you’d better cross your fingers.

“If she messes up while cleaning your instruments and breaks something, you’ll regret it big time. I bet she has no clue how precious those are.”

Gloria felt a worry creeping in. Maybe she should just tell Alicia to forget about it and head home; maybe it wasn’t worth the risk.

But she just couldn’t let it go. She’d spent all these years trying to restore traditional sheet music fragments.

Two years ago, she’d been obsessed with one particular piece, but no matter what she did, her fixes never matched the real thing.

She needed someone with fresh eyes, someone who could help her do it right.

Now she’d come across a student who actually cared about music history. She wanted to give Alicia a shot.

All these years, she’d had loads of gifted students, kids with top scores in piano and violin, but none of them studied traditional music; none had the chops to help her fix those old fragments.

Gloria looked over the music room, at the instruments she’d cherished and cared for. ‘Are these things just going to be forgotten, tossed out when I’m gone?‘ she wondered.

After going back and forth, Gloria made up her mind; she’d let Alicia try.

When Alicia came back in, Gloria and Elliot already had their gloves on and were holding suede cloths.

Seeing Alicia enter, Elliot handed her a pair of gloves. “Time to get to work. Put these on.”

Alicia took the gloves, and he passed her a suede cloth as well. “Let’s start wiping from this side together,” he said.

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“Okay, Alicia replied. Without another word, she grabbed the cloth and walked over to one of the

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It was a harp, the kind with a pretty head. Alicia leaned in for a closer look. The craftsmanship was top–tier- the head looked almost alive.

The strings had that vintage vibe, nothing like the modern stuff you see in stores.

Gloria sure loved these traditional music relics; no doubt she’d shelled out a ton of money for them.

Alicia grabbed the cloth and started in, carefully working her way over the harp, slow and patient.

Once Alicia had wiped down the head and the soundbox, she spotted the tuning pegs–thick with dust, looking almost glued in place.

Clearly, this harp hadn’t seen a proper tune–up in ages. One of the pegs was jammed tight, as if something had wedged itself in there, making it nearly impossible to turn.

Alicia picked up the dusting brush and carefully swept over the pegs. A little grime came off, but most of it clung stubbornly, and that stuck piece especially.

It was wedged so deeply that it wouldn’t move, no matter how gently she brushed.

‘Maybe if I take it slow and steady, I can coax it out, Alicia thought, meticulously working at the peg.

But before she could make much progress, Elliot suddenly exploded behind her, his voice ringing through the room. “Alicia, what the heck are you doing?”

Alicia glanced up at him. “I’m cleaning the harp; there’s a ton of dust on the tuning pegs.”

Elliot snapped, “Who told you to mess with the strings and pegs? Do you realize messing with those could mess up the tuning?”

Alicia replied, a bit helplessly, “I wasn’t messing with anything, just brushed it lightly with the dusting brush. That’s literally what it’s for; it won’t damage the instrument.”

Elliot shot back coldly, “Just because you say it can’t hurt doesn’t make it true. Seriously, have you got any at all? You shouldn’t be messing with the strings and pegs if you don’t know what you’re doing.”

Alicia was about to defend herself when Gloria hurried over, concern written all over her face. “What happened?”

Elliot shot her a cold look. “Mom, she was messing with the tuning pegs on the harp.”

Gloria glanced at the harp’s tuning pegs and immediately noticed something wedged in one of them.

Startled, she quickly picked up the dusting brush and tried to clean it, but no matter how carefully she brushed, the thing wouldn’t come out.

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Regret flooded her. Gloria had been way too impatient, too obsessed with finding someone to pass her work

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That was why Gloria had ended up letting a total stranger help out, and now that string on the harp was probably completely out of tune.

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