Chapter 25
Outside the door, I blinked at the keyboard in my hands, a little amazed that I’d done it.
I’d finally pulled off my first heist. But I didn’t have time to bask in my victory—I knew Niall was coming along at any moment.
I started walking fast, pushing out through the wooden door and stepping into the flow of the crowd again.
But I could sense that I wasn’t exactly blending in.
I was getting some stares, which was frankly understandable—I was walking around Grad Nite with a keyboard.
I needed to find somewhere that I wouldn’t be in the mix of everyone—and I wouldn’t encounter Bryony or anyone I knew.
I was supposed to be in the infirmary recovering after all, not wandering around with a Yamaha.
I stepped out of the flow of people and shifted the keyboard to my other hand, thinking.
Then I changed direction and walked the other way.
Over my nights here, I’d observed that the quietest part of the park was Grizzly Peak.
There weren’t as many rides that were open—the Grizzly River Run, the water ride, was closed, which only left Soarin’.
There weren’t as many people here—no costumed characters or photo opportunities, just the occasional person sitting on a bench, or passing through, using it as a shortcut to the Avengers Campus.
But for right now, I didn’t mind that things were quiet and it was a little off the beaten path.
Especially since I had a feeling I wasn’t going to be great at this for a while.
I sat down on a tucked-away bench and turned the keyboard on. I stared down at the keys, then tentatively pressed down on what I remembered from my long-ago lessons was middle C.
Then I googled video to learn to play piano.