Chapter 4
The next day Lily knocked on the door as soon as Sabine returned from work.
“I just came home,” she said and invited her neighbor inside. As always Lily looked the part of a frivolous actress with her red coat and a fashionable hat in the same color, but it was when she took it off to hang it on the coat rack that Sabine’s breath hitched. Lily wore a shimmering silk dress in beige and copper tones that matched the copper color of her hair. The dress was molded to her body, exposing perfectly rounded breasts and hips – a luxury not many women possessed after years of rationing.
“You look beautiful,” Sabine complimented her neighbor and added, “Make yourself at home, while I get changed.”
“Take your time,” Lily said, inspecting Sabine’s home. All the houses on the street featur
