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"DONT TOUCH MY PIANO, POOR GUY!" the conductor shouted... With Eyes Shut, He Played Like A Sorcerer!

"DONT TOUCH MY PIANO, POOR GUY!" the conductor shouted... With Eyes Shut, He Played Like A Sorcerer!

Chapter 14

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Lisa was typing rapidly on her phone. "David, what's your last name?""Thompson."Lisa kept searching, her face getting more and more excited. "William, you need to see this."She handed her phone to William. On the screen was a newspaper article from four years ago with the headline: Local Teen Prodigy Wins National Piano Competition. Below the headline was a photo of a younger, cleaner David sitting at a concert piano. He was wearing a nice suit and smiling at the camera. The article talked about how David Thompson, age nineteen, had won the most prestigious piano competition for young musicians in the entire country."David," William said slowly, "you won the National Young Musicians Competition."David wouldn't look at him. "That was a different person. That was before."Lisa kept reading from her phone: "Listen to this: 'David Thompson's performance was described by judges as transcendent and otherworldly. His improvisation skills are unlike anything seen in someone his age. Music critics are calling him a once-in-a-generation talent.'"The orchestra members who were still in the hall gathered around to listen.Carlos shook his head in disbelief. "You're that David Thompson? I remember reading about that competition! The winner was supposed to perform with the National Symphony Orchestra!""I was supposed to," David said quietly. "But then the accident happened two weeks before the performance."William felt his heart sink. "Your family died two weeks before you were supposed to perform with the National Symphony?"David nodded, tears forming in his eyes. "I never got to do the concert. I never got to finish school. I just... I couldn't handle any of it anymore."Lisa found another article. "Look at this one from three years ago: Piano Prodigy Disappears After Family Tragedy. It says you just vanished. No one knew what happened to you.""Because I didn't want anyone to find me," David replied. "I felt like I didn't deserve to make music anymore. My family died while I was home practicing piano instead of being with them. How could I keep playing after that?"
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