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  I nodded。 “Think I screwed up pretty badly this time;” I said; 
  gratefully accepting the plate。 “This one just might get me fired。”

  “Oh; sweetie; you always say that。 She won’t fire you。 She hasn’t 
  even seen you hard at work yet。 At least; she better not fire 
  you—you have the greatest job in the world!”

  I looked at her warily and willed myself to remain calm。

  “Well; you do;” she said。 “So she sounds difficult to please and a 
  little crazy。 Who isn’t? You still get free shoes and makeovers and 
  haircuts and clothes。 The clothes! Who on earth gets free designer 
  clothes just for showing up at work each day? Andy; you work 
  atRunway; don’t you understand? A million girls would kill for your 
  job。”

  I understood。 I understood right then that Lily; for the first time 
  since I met her nine years before;didn’t understand。 She; like all 
  my other friends; loved hearing the crazy work stories I’d 
  accumulated in the past weeks—the gossip and the glamour—but she 
  didn’t really understand just how hard each day was。 She didn’t 
  understand that the reason I continued to show up; day after day; 
  was not for the free clothes; didn’t understand that all the free 
  clothes in the world wouldn’t make this job bearable。 It was time to 
  bring one of my best friends into my world; where; I was quite 
  certain; shewould understand。 She just needed to be told。 Yes! It 
  was time to share with someone exactly what was going on。 I opened 
  my mouth to start; excited at the prospect of having an ally; but my 
  phone rang。

  Dammit! I wanted to throw it against the wall; tell whoever was on 
  the other end to go to hell。 But a small part of me hoped it was 
  Jonathan with some information。 Lily smiled and told me to take my 
  time。 I nodded sadly and answered。

  “Is this Andrea?” asked a man’s voice。

  “Yes; is this Jonathan?”

  “It is indeed。 I just called Home and got your message。 I’m flying 
  back from Paris right now; somewhere over the Atlantic as we speak; 
  but you sounded so worried I wanted to call you back right away。”

  “Thank you! Thank you! I really appreciate it。 Yes; I am a bit 
  worried; because I got a call from Miranda earlier today and it 
  seems strange that she hadn’t yet received the package。 You did give 
  it to the driver in Paris; right?”

  “Sure did。 You know; miss; in my Business I don’t ask any questions。 
  Just fly where I’m told and when and try to get everyone there in 
  one piece。 But it’s sure not often I end up flying overseas with 
  nothing onboard but a package。 Must’ve been something real 
  important; I imagine; like an organ for a transplant or maybe some 
  classified documents。 So yes; I took real good care of that package 
  and I gave it to the driver; just like I was told。 Nice fella from 
  the Ritz。 No problems。”

  I thanked him and hung up。 The concierge at the Ritz had arranged 
  for a driver to meet Mr。 Tomlinson’s private plane at de Gaulle and 
  transfer Harry back to the hotel。 If everything went as planned; 
  Miranda should’ve had those books by seven in the morning local 
  time; and considering it was already late afternoon there; I 
  couldn’t imagine what had gone wrong。 There was no choice: I had to 
  call the concierge; and since my cell wouldn’t dial internationally; 
  I had to find a phone that did。

  I took the plate of now cold waffles back to the kitchen and dumped 
  them in the garbage。 Lily was lying on the couch again; half…asleep。 
  I hugged her good…bye and told her I’d call her later and headed out 
  to hail a cab back to the office。

  “What about today?” she whined。 “I haveThe American President all 
  lined up and ready to go。 You can’t leave yet—our weekend’s not 
  over!”

  “I know; I’m sorry; Lil。 I have to deal with this now。 There’s 
  nothing I’d rather do than stay here; but she’s got me on a pretty 
  short leash right now。 I’ll call you later?”

  The office was; of course; deserted; as everyone was surely 
  brunching at Pastis with their investment banker boyfriends。 I sat 
  in my darkened area; took a deep breath; and dialed。 Blissfully; 
  Monsieur Renaud; my favorite of the Ritz concierges; was available。

  “Andrea; dear; how are you? We’re simply delighted to have Miranda 
  and the twins back with us again so soon;” he lied。 Emily told me 
  that Miranda stayed at the Ritz so frequently that the entire hotel 
  staff knew her and the girls by name。

  “Yes; Monsieur Renaud; and I know she’s just thrilled to be there;” 
  I lied back。 No matter how acmodating the poor concierge was; 
  Miranda found fault with his every move。 To his credit; he never 
  stopped trying; and he never stopped lying about how much he loved 
  her; either。 “Listen; I’m wondering if that car you sent to meet 
  Miranda’s plane made it back to the hotel already?”

  “Well of course; dear。 That was hours ago。 He must’ve returned here 
  before eight o’clock this morning。 I sent the best driver we have on 
  staff;” he said proudly。 If only he knew what his best driver had 
  been sent to shuttle around town。

  “Well; that’s so strange; because I got a message from Miranda 
  saying that she never received the package; but I’ve checked with 
  the driver here who swears he dropped it at the airport; the pilot 
  who swears he flew it to Paris and gave it to your driver; and now 
  you who remember it arriving at the hotel。 How could she not have 
  received it?”

  “It seems the only way to solve this is to ask the lady herself;” he 
  trilled in a fake…happy voice。 “Why don’t I connect you?”

  I had hoped against all hope that it wouldn’t e to this; that I’d 
  be able to identify and fix the problem without having to speak to 
  her。 What would I tell her if she still insisted that she’d never 
  received the package? Was I supposed to suggest that she look on the 
  table in her suite; where it was inevitably left hours earlier? Or 
  was I supposed to go through the whole thing; private jet and all; 
  and get her two more copies by the end of the day? Or perhaps I 
  should hire a secret service agent next time to acpany the books 
  on their journey overseas and ensure that nothing promises their 
  safe arrival? Something to think about。

  “Sure; Monsieur Renaud。 Thanks for your help。”

  A few clicks and the phone was ringing。 I was sweating slightly from 
  the tension; so I wiped my palm on my sweatpants and tried not to 
  think what would happen if Miranda saw me wearing sweatpants in her 
  office。Be calm; be confident; I coached myself。She can’t disembowel 
  me over the phone 。

  “Yes?” I heard from a faraway place; jolting myself out of my 
  self…help thoughts。 It was Caroline who; at a mere ten years; had 
  perfected her mother’s brusque phone manner perfectly。 Cassidy at 
  least had the courtesy to answer the phone with a “hello。”

  “Hi; sweetie;” I crooned; hating myself for sucking up to a child。 
  “It’s Andrea; from the office。 Is your mom there?”

  “You mean mymum ?” she corrected as she always did when I used the 
  American pronunciation。 “Sure; I’ll get her。”

  A moment or two later; Miranda was on the line。

  “Yes; Ahn…dre…ah? This had better be important。 You know how I feel 
  about being interrupted when I’m spending time with the girls;” she 
  stated in her cold; clipped way。You know how I feel about being 
  interrupted when I’m spending time with the girls? I wanted to 
  scream。Are you fucking kidding me; lady? You think I’m calling for 
  my goddamn health? Because I couldn’t bear to go a single weekend 
  without hearing your miserable voice? And what about me spending 
  time with mygirls? I thought I’d pass out from anger; but I took a 
  deep breath and dove right in。

  “Miranda; I’m sorry if this is a bad time; but I’m calling to ensure 
  that you received the Harry Potter books。 I heard your message 
  saying that you hadn’t yet received them; but I’ve spoken to 
  everyone and—”

  She interrupted me midsentence and spoke slowly and surely。 
  “Ahn…dre…ah。 You should really listen more closely。 I said no such 
  thing。 We received the package early this morning。 Incidentally; it 
  came so early that they woke us all up for the silly thing。”

  I couldn’t believe what I was hearing。 I didn’t dream that she’d 
  left the message; did I? I was still too young even for early…onset 
  Alzheimer’s; right?

  “What I said was that we didn’t receiveboth copies of the book; as I 
  had requested。 The package included only one; and I’m sure you can 
  imagine just how disappointed the girls are。 They were really 
  looking forward to each having theirown copy; as I had requested。 I 
  need you to explain why my

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