Rosalie I find myself racing down the highway in my older Audi convertible. My cello, nicknamed the Mona Lisa, sits nicely tucked into my back seat. My best friend Violet is riding shotgun as we make our way to my little sister Rebecca’s engagement party. We are late. Like really fucking late and after taking a year off to mourn my cello instructors passing, tonight will be the first night I have played. Ramon Scarpati was more than my cello teacher. He was like a grandfather to me. Though he was difficult in everything sense of the word and beyond strict, he taught me how to be the best in a world dominated by male instrumentalists. Scarpati was a legend, one that was more hidden behind secrecy and mystery. That’s what made him so cool. To hear his work was like a hidden treasure and he taught me everything
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