The Final Curtain

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Despite decades having passed, Yasuyo Miyamoto could still recall that day with absolute clarity. It had been right at the start of September. She got a phone call from a friend, a woman who ran a hot-spring resort just outside Sendai.

There was this lady. Could Yasuyo give her a job? That was what the call was about.

The lady had contacted Yasuyo’s friend after seeing an advertisement she’d posted for a live-in maid. The trouble was the lady had no relevant job experience and was a little on the old side. And although Yasuyo’s friend couldn’t offer her the job, she was reluctant to send her on with nothing.

“She’s just split up with her husband and she has no other family. She’s here in Sendai because she once came here on vacation and she thought it was pretty, a nice place to live. She’s very good-natured, very together. Quite a looker too. She has experience working in the nightclub scene. That’s why I thought she might be a good fit for your bar.”

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