Don't Eat the Garnish: a novel
Marcus Holmes
"Today Walter headed up the stairs to work on a recording of an arrangement he’d written for Veteran’s Day. But as he climbed his thirteen steps, it seized him, this feeling of longing. He realized in his ascension, that he had come up to the attic to find love. He had it. “I know I did.”, he thought to himself. “It’s got to be around here somewhere."