Chapter 5 - The Maid Steps Forward To Defend Her Daughter

Elena, dressed in her emerald-green catering uniform, rushed forward from the edge of the crowd to pull her daughter away.
“Please, Mr. Sterling, she’s just a child; she doesn't understand what she was playing!” Elena pleaded, her hands trembling violently.
Harrison ignored the mother entirely, his dark eyes locked like laser beams onto the young girl sitting at the Steinway.
“Quiet, woman,” Sterling commanded, holding up a single finger without ever breaking his intense gaze from Lily.
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“Your mother wears a maid's uniform, yet your fingers move across ivory keys like royalty trained in Vienna,” Sterling said slowly.
“Who are you really, and where did you get the original score for Julian Vance’s unreleased final opus?” he whispered intensely.
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