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“What the hell?” Austin asked, as they played.
They stood in front of the French doors. Liberty played her violin, never missing a note.
All I could think of was that I hadn’t dreamt that music last night. It was Liberty practicing.
“Incredible,” I said more to myself than to anyone else. No one could hear me.
She hit every single note spot on like she’d been playing this song her entire life.
We couldn’t help it when we all joined in with the lyrics and kept the beat by stomping our heels on the tile. Soon, even the kids were dancing and clapping out the beat, while Hank tried his best to keep up on his harmonica.
Of course, Lucy took the opportunity to grab as many waffles as she could, and this time, nobody stopped her.
It was a crazy good time, where we all joined in on the fun, even Loraine, who twirled and danced to the high-speed music.
Who knew that Buck could play a fiddle? We’d been looking for a fiddle player since forever, and there he was, right under our noses.
The song finally ended, and everyone went a little crazy with cheers and applause.
When we finally calmed down, Austin said, “Buck, we need you up on stage, not in our car. Liberty, we just need you… period. Please don’t go. We’re in love with you. All six of us love you.”
“Go? Who said anything about going anywhere? You’re stuck with me,” she said, looking so beautiful she took my breath away.
“Is that a promise?” I asked.
She looked right at me. “I’m in love with you… all six of you. Besides, now that I’ve gotten a taste of performing, wild horses couldn’t pull me off that stage.”
Just then, without any provocation whatsoever, Lucy let out a howl that could shatter glass.
And the chaos started up once again, as Liberty and Buck played the song one more time, and even I let go, picked up Hank, and twirled him around the kitchen, grateful as hell for this moment, for my son, my music, and for our amazing family, which included Loraine and Lucy, the waffle-eating howler.
I was especially grateful for Liberty, who gave us the right amount of trouble, and with it, taught us all how to be one big happy family.
Liberty – Epilogue
Several Months Later…
Taking the kids and Lucy on a hike in Red Rock Canyon may not have been the best idea I ever had, but I wanted them to get out more for physical exercise. Ever since we’d been in Vegas for the six-month residency while we played Caesars Palace, we’d tried our best to get the kids acquainted with the culture of Vegas. At first, we thought that was limited to fun things inside casinos, but with Loraine’s help, we discovered there was so much more. From a discovery museum to an aquarium, and everything in between.
“Are we almost there?” Hank asked for the hundredth time.
“But we’re not headed anywhere in particular. We’re on a hike,” I told him.
“Why?”
“For exercise,” I answered.
“It’s too much work,” Hank complained, his little arms swinging.
“Can we go home?” Annie asked.
“We only just started on this path.” I tried to point out the logic here.
“That’ll make it easy to turn around,” Emily suggested.
The kids stopped walking. They weren’t much into deserts and hiking. Even Lucy stopped and sat on her haunches, looking at me and waiting for our next move.
No matter how many times I tried this, and I’d tried bringing them here four times, they balked. We’d come out right after breakfast to get a hike in before the heat of the day plunged down on us, but that didn’t seem to matter.
