Chapter 13: Wait and See
The room was very quiet, and she heard Evelyn Shaw clearly uttering words.
"Warm sunshine... bright moon... and the sky, hmm～
A gentle breeze... the waves... connecting piece by piece...
We... once belonged to..."
The piano music came to an abrupt stop, and the frail woman gently lowered her hand, her voice soft: "I can’t play well anymore."
"It’s me who can’t sing well, Mom." Evelyn Shaw held her mother’s hand.
Ms. Linney gazed out of the window in silence for a moment: "I miss Florence."
Evelyn Shaw was silent.
"I’ve been dreaming every night these days." She sighed, "I remember when I played the piano, you two little ones loved to gather around me, singing with your babbling voices. Later, you even wrote lyrics and pestered me to play the piano, insisting that Florence learn to sing them. Back then, it was like a concert at home, one song after another. Your dad even said our family would produce two celebrities in the future."
Evelyn Shaw hung her head, her vision gradually blurred.
"But time eventually can’t stand against change."