One evening, Sarah was on her way home after a particularly busy day at work. Her head was whirling with all the drama and excitement she had witnessed through the day. Oh, wow, the life of the wealthy!! Walking on the sidewalk in a preoccupied state of mind, she didn’t watch her step. She tripped on an uneven stone and went sprawling on the cement blocks of the sidewalk. She sat up, straightened her dress and looked at her grazed knee beginning to bleed and tried to pull down her skirt in embarrassment. Was anybody watching? Oh, what disaster!! But no one seemed to even notice her amidst the hurrying and scurrying at the end of a busy day in the nation’s capital. Suddenly she felt a warm steadying hand grasp her shoulder. A kind-looking black man was kneeling by her looking at her with compassionate eyes.
“Are you OK, my dear?”
“ Oh, ….I guess so. I don’t know how I fell.”
“Don’t worry. It happens to the best of us.” His tone was comforting as was the hand he held out to her. In fact, his entire presence appeared so reassuring. A strikingly attractive man with a distinguished air and military bearing. It was as if his whole being was reaching out to her, seeking the depths of her being. He wouldn’t let go of her arm and boarded the bus along with her and took her home. He left her safely on her doorstep, looked deep in her eyes and said in a deep low voice that sent thrills up her spine, “I’ll see you tomorrow.”
And so he did. He was waiting outside the hotel as she stepped out the entrance and greeted her with a smile that made her heart leap with a sense of exhilaration. He gripped her hand with both his and she fairly jumped at the intensity of their chemistry. What was happening to her? She felt a tremor of fear at her vulnerability to this man but at the same time, their feelings for each other seemed so natural. She remembered how she watched the shy young rosebuds open in the warmth of the sunrays. She felt the same way.
Enas Broadway took Sarah home again, much to the curiosity of her sisters who wanted to know all about him. Sarah was proud to inform them of his service on the frontline as a soldier in World War II and with the arrival of VE Day how he was dispatched to Japan. He was already a hero in her eyes; there was no secret about that.
So Enas Broadway walked Sarah home every evening, rain or shine. Most days he would come in and spend some time chatting with her in the glow of eventide. They watched the vibrant hues of a Washington sunset slowly fade into an ever-deepening velvety purple. They held hands as they watched the cool evening breeze rustle the leaves of nearby trees, the emerald green turned blue-black in the twilight. As the summer stars twinkled like diamond droplets in the sky, Enas would draw Sarah into his arms tenderly and hold her for long moments in silence before passion overcame him and he would reach for her lips as his trembling fingers caressed her body. Sarah returned kiss for kiss, her own emotions inflamed and sexual desire stimulated as never before in her life.
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