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  “And I assume Miranda didn’t like that; either?”

  “Yeah; sheloooooved that one。 She spent twenty minutes 
  refusing to believe that there wasn’t a single plane 
  available。 I assured her that it wasn’t that they were all 
  taken; just that it was a difficult time of night to be 
  attempting to charter a flight。”

  “So what happened?” I didn’t see this one ending happily。

  “At about one…thirty in the morning she finally accepted that 
  she wasn’t going to get Home that night—not that it mattered 
  whatsoever; since the girls were with their father and the 
  nanny was around all day Sunday if they needed her—and she had 
  me buy her a ticket for the first flight out in the morning。”

  This was puzzling。 If her flight had been canceled; I’d 
  assumed the airlines would’ve rescheduled her for the first 
  flight out in the morning; especially considering her 
  premier…advantage…plus…gold…platinum…diamond…executive…VIP 
  mileage status and the original cost of her first…class 
  tickets。 I said as much。

  “Yeah; well; Continental scheduled them for their first flight 
  out; which was at six…fiftyA 。M。 But when Miranda heard that 
  someone else had managed to get on a Delta flight at 
  six…thirty…fiveA 。M。; she went ballistic。 She called me an 
  inpetent idiot; asked me over and over what good an 
  assistant was if I couldn’t do something as simple as arrange 
  for a private plane。” She’d sniffed and took a sip of 
  something; probably Coffee。

  “Ohmigod; I know what you’re going to say。 Tell me you 
  didn’t!”

  “I did。”

  “You didn’t。 You’ve got to be kidding。 For fifteen minutes?”

  “I did! What choice did I have? She was really unhappy with 
  me—at least this way; it seemed like I was actually doing 
  something。 It came to another couple thousand bucks—not 
  exactly a big deal。 She was bordering onhappy when we hung up。 
  What else can you ask for?”

  By this point we’d both started laughing。 I knew without 
  Emily’s telling me—and she knew I knew—that she’d gone ahead 
  and purchased two additional Business…class tickets on the 
  Delta flight for Miranda just to shut her up; to make the 
  incessant demands and insults finally; blissfully; cease。

  I was nearly choking at this point。 “So; wait。 By the time you 
  arranged for a car to take her to the Delano—”

  “—it was just before three in the morning; and she’d called my 
  Cell Phone exactly twenty…two times since eleven。 The driver 
  waited while they showered and changed in their penthouse 
  suite and then took them right back to the airport in time for 
  theirearlier flight。”

  “Stop! You’ve got to stop;” I howled; doubled over at this 
  charming series of events。 “This did not really happen。”

  Emily stopped laughing and tried to feign seriousness。 “Oh; 
  really? You think all of this is good? I haven’t even told you 
  the best part。”

  “Oh; tell me; tell me!” I was positively gleeful that Emily 
  and I had; for once; managed to find something funny at the 
  exact same time。 It felt good to be part of a team; one half 
  in the battle against the oppressor。 I realized then for the 
  first time what a different year it would have been if Emily 
  and I could’ve truly been friends; if we could have covered 
  and protected and trusted each other enough to face Miranda as 
  a united front。 Things probably wouldn’t have been quite so 
  unbearable; but; except for rare times like these; we didn’t 
  agree on just about everything。

  “The best part of all of it?” She was silent; dragging out the 
  joy we shared a few moments longer。 “She didn’t realize this; 
  of course; but even though the Delta flight took off earlier; 
  it was actually scheduled to land eight minutes after her 
  original Continental!”

  “Shut up!” I’d howled; delighted with this delicious new 
  nugget of information。 “You’vegot to be kidding me!”

  When we finally hung up; I was surprised to see that we’d been 
  talking for more than an hour; just like a couple of real 
  friends would。 Of course; we immediately reverted back to 
  just…contained hostility on Monday; but my feelings for Emily 
  were always a bit more affectionate after that weekend。 Until 
  now; of course。 I sure didn’t like her enough to hear whatever 
  surely irritating or inconvenient thing she was preparing to 
  dump on me。

  “Really; you sound horrible。 Are you sick?” I tried valiantly 
  to interject a touch of sympathy in my voice; but the question 
  came out sounding aggressive and accusatory。

  “Oh yeah;” she rasped before breaking into hacking coughs。 
  “Really sick。”

  I never really believed it when anyone said they were really 
  sick: without a diagnosis of something very official and 
  potentially life…threatening; you were well enough to work 
  atRunway 。 So when Emily finished hacking and reiterated that 
  she was really ill; I didn’t even consider the possibility 
  that she wouldn’t be at work on Monday。 After all; she was 
  scheduled to fly to Paris to meet Miranda on October 18 and 
  that was only slightly more than a week away。 And besides; I’d 
  managed to ignore a couple strep throats; a few bouts of 
  bronchitis; a horrific round of food poisoning; and a 
  perpetual smoker’s cough and cold and hadn’t taken a single 
  sick day in nearly a year of work。

  I’d sneaked in a single doctor’s appointment when I was 
  desperate for antibiotics with one of the cases of strep 
  throat (I ducked into his office and ordered them to see me 
  right away when Miranda and Emily thought that I was out 
  scouting for new cars for Mr。 Tomlinson); but there was never 
  time for preventative work。 Although I’d had a dozen sets of 
  highlights from Marshall; quite a few free massages from spas 
  that felt honored to have Miranda’s assistant as a guest; and 
  countless manicures; pedicures; and makeovers; I hadn’t seen a 
  dentist or a gynecologist in a year。

  “Anything I can do?” I asked; trying to sound casual while I 
  racked my brain thinking of why she’d called to tell me that 
  she didn’t feel well。 As far as we were both concerned; it was 
  pletely and entirely irrelevant。 She’d be at work on Monday 
  whether she felt well or not。

  She coughed deeply and I heard phlegm rattling in her lungs。 
  “Um; yeah; actually。 God; I can’t believe this is happening to 
  me!”

  “What? What’s happening?”

  “I can’t go to Europe with Miranda。 I have mono。”

  “What?”

  “You heard me; I can’t go。 The doctor called today with the 
  blood results; and as of right now; I’m not allowed to leave 
  my apartment for the next three weeks。”

  Three weeks! She had to be kidding。 There wasn’t time to feel 
  badly for her—she’d just told me she wasn’t going to Europe; 
  and it was that thought alone—the idea that both Miranda and 
  Emily would be out of my life—that had sustained me through 
  the past couple months。

  “Em; she’s going to kill you—you have to go! Does she know 
  yet?”

  There was a foreboding silence on the other end。 “Um; yeah; 
  she knows。”

  “You called her?”

  “Yes。 I had my doctor call her; actually; because she didn’t 
  think that having mono really qualified me as sick; so he had 
  to tell her that I could infect her and everyone else; and 
  anyway 。 。 。” Her sentence trailed off; and her tone was 
  suggestive of something far; far worse。

  “Anyway what?” My self…preservation instincts had kicked into 
  overdrive。

  “Anyway 。 。 。 she wants you to go with her。”

  “She wants me to go with her; huh? That’s cute。 What’d she 
  really say? She didn’t threaten to fire you for getting sick; 
  did she?”

  “Andrea; I’m—” a deep; mucousy cough shook her voice and I 
  thought for a moment that she might very well die right there 
  on the phone with me “—serious。 pletely and totally 
  serious。 She said something about the assistants they give her 
  abroad being idiots and that even you’d be better to have 
  around than them。”

  “Oh; well; when you put it like that; sign me up! Nothing 
  quite like some over…the…top flattery to convince me to do 
  something。 Seriously; she shouldn’t have said such nice 
  things。 I’m blushing!” I didn’t know whether to focus on the 
  fact that Miranda wanted me to go to Paris with her; or that 
  she only wanted me to go because she considered me slightly 
  less brain…dead than the anorexic French clones of; well 。 。 。 
  me。

  “Oh; just shut up already;” she croaked in between fits of now 
  annoying coughing。 “You’re the luckiest fucking person in the 
  world。 I’ve been waiting two years—over two years—for this 
  trip; and now I can’t

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