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  cruising around Manhattan。 I’ve already been to Tommy Hilfiger and 
  Chanel; and after I buy this puter game; I’m on my way to Oscar 
  de la Renta’s apartment on Park Avenue to drop all the stuff off。 
  No; it’s not for him! Miranda’s in the DR and Annette’s flying there 
  to meet them all tonight。 On a private plane; yes! Dad! It stands 
  for the Dominican Republic; of course!”

  He sounded wary but pleased that I was so happy; and I came to 
  decide that I was hired as college…educated messenger。 Which was 
  absolutely fine with me。 After leaving the bag of Tommy clothes; the 
  hot pants; and the puter game with a very distinguished…looking 
  doorman in a very plush Park Avenue lobby (so this is what people 
  mean when they talk about Park Avenue!); I headed back to the 
  Elias…Clark building。 When I walked into my office area; Emily was 
  sitting Indian…style on the floor; wrapping presents in plain white 
  paper with white ribbons。 She was surrounded by mountains of 
  red…and…white boxes; all identical in shape; hundreds; perhaps 
  thousands; scattered between our desks and overflowing into 
  Miranda’s office。 Emily was unaware that I was watching her; and I 
  saw that it took her only two minutes to wrap each individual box 
  perfectly and an additional fifteen seconds to tie on a white satin 
  ribbon。 She moved efficiently; not wasting a single second; piling 
  the wrapped white boxes in new mountains behind her。 The wrapped 
  pile grew and grew; but the unwrapped pile didn’t shrink。 I 
  estimated that she could be at it for the next four days and still 
  not finish。

  I called her name over the eighties CD she had playing from her 
  puter。 “Um; Emily? Hi; I’m back。”

  She turned toward me and for a brief moment appeared to have no idea 
  who I was。 pletely blank。 But then my new…girl status came 
  rushing back。 “How’d it go?” she asked quickly。 “Did you get 
  everything on the list?”

  I nodded。

  “Even the video game? When I called; there was only one copy left。 
  It was there?”

  I nodded again。

  “And you gave it all to the de la Rentas’ doorman on Park? The 
  clothes; the shorts; everything?”

  “Yep。 No problem。 It went very smoothly; and I dropped it all off a 
  few minutes ago。 I was wondering; will Miranda actually wear those—”

  “Listen; I need to run to the bathroom and I’ve been waiting for you 
  to get back。 Just sit by the phone for a minute; OK?”

  “You haven’t gone to the bathroom since I left?” I asked 
  incredulously。 It had been five hours。 “Why not?”

  Emily finished tying the ribbon on the box she had just wrapped and 
  looked at me coolly。 “Miranda doesn’t tolerate anyone except her 
  assistants answering her phone; so since you weren’t here; I didn’t 
  want to go。 I suppose I could have run out for a minute; but I know 
  she’s having a hectic day; and I want to make sure that I’m always 
  available to her。 So no; we do not go to the bathroom—or anywhere 
  else—without clearing it with each other。 We need to work together 
  to make sure that we are doing the best job possible for her。 OK?”

  “Sure;” I said。 “Go ahead。 I’ll be right here。” She turned and 
  walked away; and I put my hand on the desk to steady myself。 No 
  going to the bathroom without a coordinated war plan? Did she really 
  sit in that office for the past five hours willing her bladder to 
  behave because she worried that a woman across the Atlantic may call 
  in the two and a half minutes it would take to run to the ladies’ 
  room? Apparently so。 It seemed a little dramatic; but I assumed that 
  was just Emily being overly enthusiastic。 There was no way that 
  Miranda actually demanded that of her assistants。 I was sure of it。 
  Or did she?

  I picked up a few sheets of paper from the printer and saw that it 
  was titled “X…Mas Presents Received。” One; two; three; four; 
  five;six single…spaced pages of gifts; with sender and item on one 
  line each。 Two hundred and fifty…six presents in all。 It looked like 
  a wedding registry for the Queen of England; and I couldn’t take it 
  in fast enough。 There was a Bobby Brown makeup set from Bobby Brown 
  herself; a one…of…a…kind leather Kate Spade handbag from Kate and 
  Andy Spade; a Smythson of Bond Street burgundy leather organizer 
  from Graydon Carter; a mink…lined sleeping bag from Miuccia Prada; a 
  multistrand beaded Verdura bracelet from Aerin Lauder; a 
  diamond…encrusted watch from Donatella Versace; a case of champagne 
  from Cynthia Rowley; a matching beaded tank top and evening bag from 
  Mark Badgley and James Mischka; a collection of Cartier pens from 
  Irv Ravitz; a chinchilla muffler from Vera Wang; a zebra…print 
  jacket from Alberto Ferretti; a Burberry cashmere blanket from 
  Rosemarie Bravo。 And that was just the start。 There were handbags in 
  every shape and size from everyone: Herb Ritts; Bruce Weber; Giselle 
  Bundchen; Hillary Clinton; Tom Ford; Calvin Klein; Annie Leibovitz; 
  Nicole Miller; Adrienne Vittadini; Michael Kors; Helmut Lang; 
  Giorgio Armani; John Sahag; Bruno Magli; Mario Testino; and Narcisco 
  Rodriguez; to name a few。 There were dozens of donations made in 
  Miranda’s name to various charities; what must have been a hundred 
  bottles of wine and champagne; eight or ten Dior bags; a couple 
  dozen scented candles; a few pieces of Oriental pottery; silk 
  pajamas; leather…bound books; bath products; chocolates; bracelets; 
  caviar; cashmere sweaters; framed photographs; and enough flower 
  arrangements and/or potted plants to decorate one of those 
  five…hundred…couple mass weddings they have in soccer stadiums in 
  China。 Ohmigod! Was this reality? Was this actually happening? Was I 
  now working for a woman who received 256 presents at Christmas from 
  some of the world’s most famous people? Or not so famous? I wasn’t 
  sure。 I recognized a few of the really obvious celebrities and 
  designers; but didn’t know then that the others prised some of 
  the most sought…after photographers; makeup artists; models; 
  socialites; and a whole slew of Elias…Clark executives。 Just as I 
  was wondering if Emily actually knew who all the people were; she 
  walked back in。 I tried to pretend I wasn’t reading the list; but 
  she didn’t mind at all。

  “Crazy; isn’t it? She is the coolest woman ever;” she gushed; 
  snatching the sheets off her desk and gazing at them with what can 
  only be described as lust。 “Have you ever seen more amazing things 
  in your life? This is last year’s list。 I just pulled it out so we 
  know what to expect since the gifts have begun ing in already。 
  That’s definitely one of the best parts of the job—opening all her 
  presents。” I was confused。We opened her presents? Why wouldn’t she 
  open them herself? I asked as much。

  “Are you out of your mind? Miranda won’t like ninety percent of the 
  stuff people send。 Some of it is downright insulting; things I won’t 
  even show her。 Like this;” she said; picking up a small box。 It was 
  a Bang and Olufsen portable phone in their signature sleek silver 
  with all rounded edges and the capability to remain clear for 
  something like 2;000 miles。 I had been in the store just a couple 
  weeks earlier; watching Alex salivate over their stereo systems; and 
  I knew the phone cost upward of five hundred dollars and could do 
  everything short of holding a conversationfor you。 “A phone? Do you 
  believe someone had the nerve to send Miranda Priestly aphone ?” She 
  tossed it to me。 “Keep it if you want it: I would never even let her 
  see this。 She’d be annoyed that someone sent somethingelectronic 。” 
  She pronounced the word “electronic” as though it were synonymous 
  with “covered in bodily fluids。”

  I tucked the phone box under my desk and tried to keep the smile off 
  my face。 It was too perfect! A portable phone was on my list of 
  stuff that I still needed for my new room; and I’d just gotten a 
  five…hundred…dollar one for free。

  “Actually;” she continued; flopping down again on the floor of 
  Miranda’s office; Indian…style; “let’s put in a few hours wrapping 
  some more of these wine bottles; and then you can open the presents 
  that came in today。 They’re over there。” She pointed behind her desk 
  to a smaller mountain of boxes and bags and baskets in a multitude 
  of colors。

  “So; these are gifts that we’re sending out from Miranda; right?” I 
  asked her as I picked up a box and began wrapping it in the thick 
  white paper。

  “Yep。 Every year; it’s the same deal。 Top…tier people get bottles of 
  Dom。 This would include Elias execs; and the big designers who 
  aren’t also personal friends。 Her lawyer and accountant。 Midlevel 
  people get Veuve; a

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