He was surprised - startled - but not spooked in the way one who was beginning to be haunted might be. The sudden slamming of the key cover made him jump and spill whiskey down his lips, chin, and onto the front of his shirt in a dribble.
“Oh shit.” He said as he wiped at his neck and licked his lips of alcohol that burned.
“Okay. Okay. I get it. No Debussy.”
He wasn’t talking to anyone so far as he knew. Just the aged house which had rejected his choice in music.
Owen immediately took to inspecting the hinges on the key cover. “I’ll have to replace these, I guess,” he muttered to himself before he bent to shuffle the sheet music back together. He lifted himself up and opened the bench seat to rifle through whatever other music he might could find there.
Pulling out an old notated score, Owen held it up for the room. “Little ragtime to lighten things up around here?” He asked while holding his other hand out in a gesture of question. His eyes gazed around the room as if looking at his inanimate audience he’d formed in his mind. It was then he noticed a portrait hanging above the fireplace.
Stepping around the bench Owen approached the picture. Painted green eyes seemed to track him across the room. Sign of a talented painter. “How do you do ma’am?” He asked the painting, bowing his head gracefully. He tipped an invisible hat to her. He may have been a little drunk.
“Names Owen. Owen Hart. And if it pleases you ma’am, I’ll play this here piece for you.” He held up the sheet music for her inspection.
Something about the painting caught his attention. Something ethereal. Timeless. And the woman captured there was beautiful. High cheeks, delicate nose, and the neckline to her dress would make a modern man blush.
“I’ll be damned if you aren’t something.” He said in a mock southern accent as his fingers grazed carefully over the elaborate frame that held the oil painting.
“Oh shit.” He said as he wiped at his neck and licked his lips of alcohol that burned.
“Okay. Okay. I get it. No Debussy.”
He wasn’t talking to anyone so far as he knew. Just the aged house which had rejected his choice in music.
Owen immediately took to inspecting the hinges on the key cover. “I’ll have to replace these, I guess,” he muttered to himself before he bent to shuffle the sheet music back together. He lifted himself up and opened the bench seat to rifle through whatever other music he might could find there.
Pulling out an old notated score, Owen held it up for the room. “Little ragtime to lighten things up around here?” He asked while holding his other hand out in a gesture of question. His eyes gazed around the room as if looking at his inanimate audience he’d formed in his mind. It was then he noticed a portrait hanging above the fireplace.
Stepping around the bench Owen approached the picture. Painted green eyes seemed to track him across the room. Sign of a talented painter. “How do you do ma’am?” He asked the painting, bowing his head gracefully. He tipped an invisible hat to her. He may have been a little drunk.
“Names Owen. Owen Hart. And if it pleases you ma’am, I’ll play this here piece for you.” He held up the sheet music for her inspection.
Something about the painting caught his attention. Something ethereal. Timeless. And the woman captured there was beautiful. High cheeks, delicate nose, and the neckline to her dress would make a modern man blush.
“I’ll be damned if you aren’t something.” He said in a mock southern accent as his fingers grazed carefully over the elaborate frame that held the oil painting.
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