A tale of two C(K)atherines
@spiderspines
Kitty was in the business of maintaining the library to the best of her capabilities. Of course, it wasn’t the biggest library in the city, so it rarely saw any traffic. Which left her plenty of time to run old films on the projector in the side room. Just as she liked it. Honestly, if no one came in from day to day she would be perfectly content. It wasn’t like she needed this job to pay the bills or anything like that. Oh no she had other methods of doing so.
Still she found herself wandering the aisles and reshelving the books that needed reshelving. Her fingertips tracing each grey spine of each grey book. Occasionally there would be a red one, which always caught her eye. But she wasn’t necessarily here for the old books.
Kitty adjusts the pearls on her neck, making sure the clasp was perfectly in the back.
She went back into the side room and began to load another film onto the reel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, a favorite of hers. But before she could even make it past the first number she found herself interrupted by the bell at the front door.
Letting out a disappointed sigh, she deftly stopped the reel and stood back up. Making her way back to the front of the store. She looked at the woman who walked in.
It was the hair that drew her attention most.
Red, crimson even, the color of her favorite lipstick, the color of blood, the color of fate. Kitty’s favorite color. And the rest of her wasn’t bad to look at either. Perhaps this guest might not be a total waste of time. Kitty plasters a smile across her lips.
“Welcome my dear, if there’s anything I can assist you with don’t be afraid to ask.” Her words floated out musically, with the tone of someone who had definitely studied Marilyn Monroe’s inflection. “I’d be happy to help you. My name is Katherine, but Kitty to my friends.”
