Chapter Twenty
“I’ve never seen a building like this,” she said to Fredric. She was truly humbled.
“The Bolshoi company was first formed in 1776 but the original theater was destroyed by fire. This present building opened for the first time in 1821.” Fredric raised his arm and waved his hand as if presenting an old friend. “It too was destroyed in a fire in 1853, and rebuilt, opening again in 1856. The building was bombed during World War Two and promptly restored, and then restored once again in 2005.
After all those years, we are still here,” he chuckled. “Come. Walk with me.” He placed a hand in the small of Jill’s back and guided her forward. His touch was light and Jill found it mildly intoxicating.
At the end of the mezzanine they descended a set of steps and walked toward the fr
