Another Breath, Another Sunrise: A powerful story of survival, loss, and the hope for a new beginning by Kagan Roberta

Author:Kagan, Roberta
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Roberta Kagan Publishing
Published: 2024-11-07T00:00:00+00:00

twenty-six

Klara

Klara took the money she had in her pocket and went to the pharmacy. There, she bought a bottle of dark brown shoe polish. Then she went to the thrift store and purchased a modest dress that made her look innocent and a pair of heavy sensible shoes that looked like they belonged to a librarian.

From there, she walked to the subway station and entered the bathroom. When she was sure she was alone, she opened the shoe polish. She spread it over her long red hair, carefully covering it completely. The results were a dull, dark brown color. It made her look serious and plain. She removed all traces of makeup from her face. Then she put on the dress and the sensible shoes. Now, she was no longer glamorous or memorable. She looked in the mirror and trembled for a moment. I’m almost ugly, she thought. But, of course, her plan was in progress, and this was just the way she’d wanted to appear.

With her dark hair and simple dress, Klara walked through the streets of New York, overlooked and ignored. She stopped at a phone booth and slipped in, closing the door behind her. Taking a small piece of paper out of her purse, she carefully matched the shape of the numbers on the dial to the numbers on the paper. She could not read them, but she could compare how they looked. Then the phone began to ring. Her heart pounded, and she had to hold on to the side of the phone booth while waiting for an answer.

“Hello.”

Thank God, it was Roger. She recognized his voice immediately; it was strong, male, and raspy.

“Roger. It’s Klara. You know, Klara, from Alina’s house?”

“Of course, doll face. I would recognize that accent anywhere. You’re the sexy Russian dame with hair the color of a wildfire.”

“I hate to ask this of you. But once, when we were together, you said that if I ever needed anything, I could call you,” she said timidly.

“Sure, what do you need?”

“Roger, it’s something very serious. I mean, it’s not legal. But, well, I really need help.”

“I’ll tell you what. I ain’t worried about the legal part. But how about we make a deal? You and I spend some time together, like a week or so, maybe take a trip to the ocean? Have a little fun. What do you say? And in exchange, I’ll do the favor. Whatever it is…”

“You are taking this seriously, I hope.”

“Yeah, of course. You don’t believe me?”

“Two weeks on the ocean? Just the two of us. I’ll make sure you are happy, Roger. I promise you won’t regret helping me. I’ll reward you very well,” she said in her breathiest, sexiest voice.

“Sounds good to me. I can put money on the fact that I know you will come through, and it will be a wild ride. Now go ahead and tell your sugar daddy just what it is that you need,” Roger said.

And so she did.

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