“F sharp, not natural, dummy,” Erin muttered to herself, setting her oboe on her lap and making an ostentatious circle on her music with a dull pencil. “You"ll sound like the big, smart musician if you can"t even handle a simple accidental.” She lifted the instrument to her mouth and played the offending phrase correctly five times, to offset the mistake and re-establish a memory of doing it right. The Murphys are incredibly patient with the oboe music coming from the upstairs bedroom by the hour. My parents would have been howling by now. The Murphys are incredibly patient with the oboe music coming from the upstairs bedroom by the hour. My parents would have been howling by now.Guess Ellen and Roger are busy with Sheridan… she said she was meeting with some prospective adoptive parents

