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  single word that woman utters? It’s not me; Em。 I speak English; 
  always have。 I know she does it to personally drive me crazy。”

  Emily looked at me with her usual mix of disgust and pity。 “Since 
  the book es out tomorrow and they’re not here to buy it; she 
  wants you to pick up two copies and bring them to Teterboro。 The jet 
  will take them to Paris;” she summed up coldly; daring me to ment 
  on the ludicrousness of the instructions。 I was reminded once again 
  that Emily would do anything—really; anything—if it meant making 
  Miranda a bit more fortable。 I rolled my eyes and kept quiet。

  Since I was NOT going to sacrifice a nanosecond of weekend to do her 
  bidding; and because I had an unlimited amount of money and power 
  (hers) at my personal disposal; I spent the rest of the day 
  arranging for Harry Potter to jet his way to Paris。 First; a few 
  words for Julia at Scholastic。

  Dearest Julia;

  My assistant; Andrea; tells me that you’re the sweetheart to whom I 
  should address my most heartfelt appreciation。 She has informed me 
  that you are the single person capable of locating a couple copies 
  of this darling book for me tomorrow。 I want you to know how much I 
  appreciate your hard work and cleverness。 Please know how happy 
  you’ll make my sweet daughters。 And don’t ever hesitate to let me 
  know if you need anything; anything at all; for a fabulous girl like 
  yourself。

  XOXO;

  Miranda Priestly

  I forged her name with a perfect flourish (hour upon hour of 
  practicing with Emily standing over me; instructing me to make the 
  final “a” a little loopier; had finally paid off); attached the note 
  to the latest issue ofRunway —one not yet on the newsstand—and 
  called for a rush messenger to deliver the entire package to 
  Scholastic’s downtown office。 If this didn’t work; nothing would。 
  Miranda didn’t care that we forged her signature—it saved her from 
  bothering with details—but she’d probably be livid to see that I’d 
  penned something so polite; soadorable; using her name。

  Three short weeks earlier I would have quickly canceled my plans if 
  Miranda called and wanted me to do something for her on the 
  weekends; but I was now experienced—and jaded—enough to bend the 
  rules a little。 Since Miranda and the girls would not themselves be 
  at the airport in New Jersey whenHarry arrived the following day; I 
  saw no reason why I had to be the one to deliver him。 Acting under 
  the assumption and prayer that Julia would pull through for me with 
  a couple copies; I worked out some details。 Dial; dial; and within 
  an hour a plan had emerged。

  Brian; a cooperative editorial assistant at Scholastic—whom I was 
  assured would have permission from Julia within a couple hours—would 
  take Home two office copies ofHarry that evening; so he wouldn’t 
  have to go back to the office on Saturday。 Brian would leave the 
  books with the doorman of his Upper West Side apartment building; 
  and I would have a car pick them up the following morning at eleven。 
  Miranda’s driver; Uri; would then call me on my Cell Phone to 
  confirm that he’d received the package and was on his way to drop it 
  at Teterboro airport; where the two books would be transferred to 
  Mr。 Tomlinson’s private jet and flown to Paris。 I briefly considered 
  conducting the entire operation in code to make it resemble a KGB 
  operation even more; but dropped that when I remembered that Uri 
  didn’t really speak regular English that well。 I had checked to see 
  how fast the fastest DHL option would have them there; but delivery 
  couldn’t be guaranteed until Monday; which was obviously 
  unacceptable。 Hence the private plane。 If all went as planned; 
  little Cassidy and Caroline could wake up in their private Parisian 
  suite on Sunday and enjoy their morning milk while reading about 
  Harry’s adventures—a full day earlier than all of their friends。 It 
  warmed my heart; it really did。

  Minutes after the cars had been reserved and all the appropriate 
  people put on alert; Julia called back。 Although it’d be a grueling 
  task and she was likely to get in trouble; she’d be happy to give 
  Brian two copies for Ms。 Priestly。 Amen。

  “Do you believe he gotengaged ?” Lily asked as she rewound the copy 
  ofFerris Bueller we’d just finished。 “I mean; we’re twenty…three 
  years old for goodness sake—what’s the rush?”

  “I know; it does seem weird。” I called from the kitchen。 “Maybe Mom 
  and Dad won’t let him have access to the massive trust fund until 
  he’s settled down? That’d be enough motivation to put a ring on her 
  finger。 Or maybe he’s just lonely?”

  Lily looked at me and laughed。 “Naturally; he can’t just be in love 
  with her and ready to spend the rest of his life with her; right? I 
  mean; we’ve established that that’s totally out of the question; 
  right?”

  “Correct。 That’s not an option。 Try again。”

  “Well; then; I’m forced to pick curtain number three。 He’s gay。 He 
  finally came to the realization himself—even though I’ve known 
  forever—and realizes that Mom and Dad won’t be able to handle it; so 
  he’ll cover by marrying the first girl he can find。 What do you 
  think?”

  Casablancawas next on the list; and Lily fast…forwarded past the 
  opening credits while I microwaved cups of hot chocolate in the tiny 
  kitchen of her nonalcove studio in Morningside Heights。 We lazed 
  around straight through Friday night—breaking only to smoke and make 
  another Blockbuster run。 Saturday afternoon found us particularly 
  motivated; and we managed to saunter down to SoHo for a few hours。 
  We each bought new tank tops for Lily’s uping New Year’s party 
  and shared an oversize mug of eggnog from a sidewalk café。 By the 
  time we made it back to her apartment on Saturday; we were exhausted 
  and happy and spent the rest of the night alternating betweenWhen 
  Harry Met Sally on TNT andSaturday Night Live 。 It was so thoroughly 
  relaxing; such a departure from the misery that had bee my daily 
  routine; I’d forgotten all about the Harry Potter mission until I 
  heard a phone ring on Sunday。 Ohmigod; it was Her! I overheard Lily 
  speaking in Russian to someone; probably a classmate; on her Cell 
  Phone。 Thank you; thank you; thank you; dear lord: it wasn’t Her。 
  But that still didn’t let me off the hook。 It was already Sunday 
  morning; and I had no idea if those stupid books had found their way 
  to Paris。 I had enjoyed my weekend so much—had actually managed to 
  relax enough—that I had forgotten to check。 Of course; my phone was 
  on and set to the highest ring level; but I never should’ve waited 
  for someone to call me with a problem; when of course it’d be too 
  late to do anything。 I should’ve taken preemptive action and 
  confirmed with everyone involved yesterday that all the steps of our 
  highly choreographed plan had worked。

  I dug frantically through my overnight bag; searching for the cell 
  phone given to me byRunway that would ensure I was always only seven 
  digits away from Miranda。 I finally freed it from a tangle of 
  underwear at the bottom of the bag and flopped backward on the bed。 
  The little screen announced immediately that I had no service at 
  that point; and I knew immediately; instinctively; that she had 
  called and it had gone directly to voice mail。 I hated that Cell 
  Phone with my entire soul。 I even hated my new Bang and Olufsen Home 
  phone by this point。 I hated Lily’s phone; mercials for phones; 
  pictures of phones in magazines; and I even hated Alexander Graham 
  Bell。 Working for Miranda Priestly caused a number of unfortunate 
  side effects in my day…to…day life; but the most unnatural one was 
  my severe and all…consuming hatred of ph

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