Swing Time Ch 01
All characters in this story are 18 years of age or older. * Eighteen-year-old Allison Katz closed her eyes and blew the last run of Artie Shaw’s Etude No. 3. The hard tip of the clarinet curved warmly in her mouth. She sucked off a drop of saliva and pulled the instrument away from her lips. Ah! It was her senior year in high school. Only music had brought her moments of bliss. The final bell had rung forty-five minutes ago. Mr. Olaffsen didn’t mind if Allison stayed late in the music room...