Leaving Madeleine - Part 8
Kiyoko was studying fashion at the Marangoni Institute. She had been in Paris for almost a year, arriving from Tokyo a few months before the start of her classes the previous fall. We talked for nearly two hours, only breaking from our conversation to answer occasional questions from Andre's replacement and occasional compliments to me from Parisian men regarding the beauty of my girlfriend. The compliments were for Kiyoko's benefit and I believe in hopes that I would offer the information that she was indeed not my girlfriend. I made no such offer. Kiyoko was a master at the smile and blush and she used them to full effect upon receiving the two or three advances. "Parisian men sure love Asian women," I laughed. "They love all women," she said. I couldn't argue. When we couldn't possibly stay at Le Danton any longer, we left. Walking along the sidewalk, Kiyoko asked me if I'd model some clothes for her. She had a few pieces for men and thought t...