Scarlet+Room

//The Scarlet Room//


Kim entered the //Scarlet Room// and ...

There sat a woman who looked strikingly similar to herself, except lighter skin. This woman sat in her chair with her head held high as she got her pedicure. Oddly, the woman had a small child beside her also getting a pedicure. The woman and the girl looked up at Kim simultaneously. Kim noticed the beautiful woman's large "A" embroidered on her dress, and she stared at it quizzically. The child reached out her hand to Kim holding a bottle of nail polish. The color? Blood red.

"Child, I can see the worry in your eyes. Sit. Come get your nails done with us. I think I have some advice for you, because Lord knows that I have been there. There's nothing that I haven't been through. Heart ache, lost lovers, scorn, humiliation, and pain? I know it all. So, tell me your problems, dear, and we'll figure this thing out."

So, Kim spilled all of her feeling about the pain she still felt from her break up with Reggie and the public humiliation. She cried, and Hester, the woman, comforted her. Kim felt refreshed, but she still hadn't found her facial room. She poked her head out of the door and spied a room that looked like her own room. She walked down the hall and entered the perfect looking door.