A Twist in Time (The Lost Generation Mysteries Book 1) by Bettie Jane

Author:Bettie Jane [Jane, Bettie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

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Addy felt like her eyes were going to pop out of her head when she saw the famous windmill perched atop the famous cabaret. She truly did hope that Zelda’s friend Marguerite was okay, but she couldn’t bring herself to regret this amazing historical tour she was on. In spite of her efforts to keep her cool, Zelda giggled when Addy let out an audible squeal at the sight of the building.

Zelda advised the driver to wait for them again and smiled at Addy. “I suppose by your reaction that you’ve not been here before.”

Shaking her head, Addy replied in barely a whisper. “I’ve only read about it.” She knew she sounded like a naive tourist, but she was too overwhelmed to care.

Another giggle from Zelda. “Well, let’s not delay, then. Close your mouth and follow me inside. You are really gonna lose your marbles when you see the inside.”

Zelda looped her arm through Addy’s and led her inside.

Nobody seemed to care that they were there. Zelda wound them through the auditorium and through the side door that took them backstage without so much as a word of unwelcome from the theater’s staff. The energy back stage was like nothing Addy had experienced before. Actresses and actors milled about, most not in costume or makeup, but some had begun the process of changing.

Zelda stopped in front of a young brunette woman. “I’m lookin’ for Marguerite. It’s urgent. Have you seen her?”

“I haven’t, but her dressing room is that way. She usually keeps to herself in the hours before we go on.”

“Thank you,” Zelda said and then plodded down the dark, bustling hallway in the direction the woman had indicated.

As they passed through the dark hallway getting deeper into the bowels of the theater, Addy heard a man’s voice yelling.

“What do you mean you don’t know where she is? She’s the lead actress. Find her.”

Zelda and Addy exchanged looks. Once again, Addy was grateful that most people they’d encountered today defaulted to English.

“I guess she’s not here either,” Zelda frowned. They kept walking but their steps slowed.

More bellows from the man. “Where’s Mia? If Marguerite doesn’t show, her understudy better be ready to step up. I need to see her immediately.”

“Yes sir,” a small female voice squeaked back.

“Well, what are you waiting for?” the man shrieked and then there was a tiny woman with short black hair half-running down the hallway away from the blustering man’s voice that followed her.

Zelda pointed to a door with Marguerite’s name written on it. “I see Marguerite’s dressin’ room…just there. Follow me. Maybe we can learn somethin’ in there.”

They opened the unlocked door and quickly moved inside, closing it softly behind them.

A woman sat in front of a lighted vanity. She was doing her makeup and seemed to already be in full costume.

She turned at the sound of their entrance.

“What are you doing in here?” She spoke English, which surprised Addy, but with a heavy French accent.

Zelda’s eyebrow arched in question. “I might ask you the same thing.

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