Lessons In Gravity (Study Abroad #2) - Plot & Excerpts
A semicircle of chairs is set up in the center of the stage. We sit. My fingers find the strings, moving over them with mindless ease as I tune the guitar. Since this is just practice, the guys and I aren’t plugged into any amplifiers or speakers; we’re one-hundred-percent acoustic this afternoon. But even without all that power, I think Leo may be right. The church is going to make us sound lovely. I look up, searching for María Carmen in the gaping vastness of the church. Instead I meet eyes with Maddie. She’s sitting in the front row beside Carmen. Maddie smiles, offering a little wave. A beam of light from the stained glass windows above stretches across her row, coating her dark hair in a halo of violet. She glances up at the window, that look of disbelieving awe softening her features as her eyes move up, up, always up. There is so much to see here at the monastery. I’m smiling now. I adore her curiosity. María Carmen clears her throat. My gaze snaps to her face. She smiles, too, that high-wattage, movie star smile of hers that is so beautiful it once upon a time kept me awake at night.
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