Chapter 7: Invitation
August 6, 2014
The Noritake Martini: 6 Parts Gin, 1 Part Maraschino Liqueur, 1/2 Teaspoon Lemon Juice, 1 Lemon Twist.
Miss Kitty demanded my attention the following morning inside a small study that she had called her office. The room was covered in books, smelled of thick dust, and offered very little daylight. She prepared us iced teas with a Noritake bowl filled with slices of lemon. In a second Noritake bowl was granulated sugar and a gold-plated spoon. She sat behind a walnut desk in a too-tight blouse the color of the Pacific Ocean with swirls of black wearing horn-rimmed glasses. Oriental matching earrings hung from her earlobes and she smelled of lavender, which I had guessed was the soap she used during her morning shower.
I rather liked the woman. She wa
