Let It Roll by Sophie Kent

Author:Sophie Kent [Kent, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Long Shot Books
Published: 2020-05-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

THE OPERA HOUSE COMMITTEE was meeting on the top floor of One Police Plaza. The city council had long ago abandoned the ancient and decrepit building it had occupied since the eighteen hundreds, having commandeered the top floor of the new police tower. And though it was only ten stories tall, every single member of the council called it a skyscraper, even though Chicago had more than enough of those to go around.

Susan liked the cool simplicity of the tower’s design. Smooth and clean, and faceted like a jewel, it was what modern buildings should all look like. But there was a part of Susan that wouldn’t want to live somewhere like that. Sure, working in a great big, shiny steel and glass building would be wonderful, and impressive--especially if someday that building was, in fact, one of her own designs. But to live there...

Susan was wildly ambitious, but she had lived in the same brick and wood building since she’d first moved to Chicago. It was old and didn’t have a working elevator, and no central air conditioning for those scorching Chicago summers. But it did have a great view of downtown and the river, and in the winter, the steam radiator heat was enough to make you feel you were in the tropics of Borneo instead of snowed in by sub-zero blizzards. It was home now, and the only thing on earth that could get her out of it would be a house she herself designed...but maybe not even that. In her heart, she loved old houses. An old house with a big front porch, huge bay windows and hardwood floors.

Jill’s hand shook hers, gripping her by the wrist, pulling her out of the elevator.

“You okay?” Jill looked into Susan’s eyes.

Susan shook her head. “I’m fine.” Driving whatever in the hell she’d been thinking of out of her head, she focused on her game plan again.

Dazzle the board with her ultra modern, sleek, chic design. Pour on how envious other cities will be, stuck with their old, dilapidated opera houses. Then show them the plans for the rest of the allotted land. A high end mall--just like the Mall of America--wrapped around the main tower. And all glass, to match the building reminiscent to the Bio-Dome.

Susan knew that most opera houses weren’t so tall. But in her mind’s eye, she saw it as a beacon. It would shine and glint beautifully, matching the surrounding skyscrapers’ modern feel. And, after all, the board had asked for ideas for creating more room in the allotted space. The obvious answer was to build up.

The opera house part would be on the first floor, with seating enough for half a football stadium, and an elaborate, cutting edge stage to mount all those operas on. Everything would be smooth and sleek, and would put all other houses to shame.

Her design would be the toast of the opera world, the beginning of a new trend, and would secure her partnership prospect with Woods, Farrow, Blank and Stein.

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