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  little choice。

  “Um; uh; no。 Lucia will be here in just a moment。 She has the 
  other two。 Would you like me to; uh; begin showing you what 
  we’ve called in?” Helen asked nervously as she pulled her 
  ribbed tank top down over her prairie skirt。

  “No。”

  And then: “Ahn…dre…ah! Find Lucia。 By my watch it’s three 
  o’clock。 If she’s not prepared; then I have better things to 
  do than sit here and wait for her。” Which wasn’t exactly true; 
  since it appeared she hadn’t yet stopped reading copy and it 
  was now only approximately thirty…five seconds since I’d made 
  the initial phone call。 But I wasn’t about to point this out。

  “No need; Miranda; I’m right here;” sang a breathless Lucia; 
  herself pushing and pulling racks past me just as I stood to 
  begin the search。 “So sorry。 We were waiting for one last coat 
  from the YSL people。”

  She arranged the racks; which were organized by clothing type 
  (shirts; outerwear; pants/skirts; and dresses) in a 
  half…circle in front of Miranda’s desk and gave the signal for 
  Helen to leave。 Miranda and Lucia then went through each item; 
  one by one; and bickered over its place or lack thereof in the 
  uping fashion shoot that was to take place in Sedona; 
  Arizona。 Lucia was pushing for an “urban cowgirl chic” look; 
  which she thought would play out perfectly against a backdrop 
  of the red…rock mountains; but Miranda kept announcing snidely 
  that she’d prefer “just chic;” since “cowgirl chic” was 
  clearly an oxymoron。 Maybe she’d had her fill of “cowgirl 
  chic” at B…DAD’s brother’s party。 I managed to tune them out 
  until Miranda called my name; this time ordering me to call in 
  the accessories people for their run…through。

  Immediately I checked Emily’s book again; but it was just as I 
  thought: there was no accessories run…through scheduled。 
  Praying that Emily had simply forgotten to put it in the book; 
  I called Stef and told her Miranda was ready for the Sedona 
  run…through。

  No such luck。 They weren’t scheduled for their run…through 
  until late afternoon the following day; and at least a quarter 
  of the things they needed hadn’t been delivered yet from their 
  PR panies。

  “Impossible。 Can’t do it;” announced Stef; sounding much less 
  confident than her words implied。

  “Well; what the hell do you expect me to tell her?” I 
  whispered back。

  “Tell her the truth: the run…through wasn’t supposed to take 
  place until tomorrow and a lot of the stuff isn’t here。 I 
  mean; seriously! Right now we’re still waiting for one evening 
  bag; one clutch; three different fringed purses; four pairs of 
  shoes; two necklaces; three—”

  “OK; OK; I’ll tell her。 But wait by the phone and pick up if I 
  call you back。 And if I were you; I’d get ready。 I’m betting 
  she doesn’t really care when it was scheduled for。”

  Stef hung up on me without another word and I approached 
  Miranda’s doors and waited patiently for her to acknowledge 
  me。 When she looked in my general direction and waited; I 
  said; “Miranda; I just spoke with Stef and she said that since 
  the run…through wasn’t scheduled until tomorrow; they’re still 
  waiting for quite a few items。 But they should all be here 
  by—”

  “Ahn…dre…ah; I simply cannot visualize how these models will 
  look in these clothes without shoes or bags or jewelry and by 
  tomorrow I’ll be in Italy。 Tell Stef I want her to give me a 
  run…through of whatever she’s got and be prepared to show me 
  photos of whatever isn’t here yet!” She turned back to Lucia 
  and together they returned to the racks。

  Conveying this to Stef gave new meaning to “don’t shoot the 
  messenger。” She freaked。

  “I cannot fucking pull a run…through together in thirty 
  seconds; do you understand me? It’s fucking impossible! Four 
  of my five assistants aren’t here; and the only one who is 
  here is a plete fucking idiot。 Andrea; what the fuck am I 
  going to do?” She was hysterical; but there wasn’t much room 
  for negotiation。

  “OK; great then;” I said sweetly; eyeing Miranda; who had a 
  knack of hearing everything。 “I’ll tell Miranda you’ll be 
  right here。” I hung up before she dissolved into tears。

  I wasn’t surprised to see Stef arrive two and a half minutes 
  later with her one fucking idiot accessories assistant; a 
  fashion assistant she’d borrowed; and James; also borrowed 
  from beauty; all looking terrified as they carried oversize 
  wicker baskets。 They stood cowering by my desk until Miranda 
  gave another imperceptible nod; at which point they all 
  shuffled forward for the genuflection exercises。 Since Miranda 
  obviously refused to leave her office—ever—she required that 
  all the overflowing racks of clothes and carts full of shoes 
  and baskets brimming over with accessories must be schlepped 
  to her。

  When the accessories people finally managed to lay out their 
  wares in neat rows on the carpet for her to inspect; Miranda’s 
  office morphed into a Bedouin bazaar—one that just so happens 
  to look more Madison Avenue than Sharm…el…Sheik。 One editor 
  was presenting her with 2;000 snakeskin belts while another 
  tried to sell her a large Kelly bag。 A third hawked a short 
  Fendi cocktail dress; while someone else tried to sell her on 
  the merits of chiffon。 Stef had managed to assemble a 
  near…perfect run…through with only thirty seconds’ notice and 
  a whole lot of pieces missing; I saw she had filled the gaps 
  with things from past photo shoots; explaining to Miranda that 
  the accessories they were still waiting for were similar but 
  even better。 They were all masters at what they do; but 
  Miranda was the ultimate。 She was the ever…aloof consumer; 
  coolly moving from one gorgeous stall to the next; never 
  feigning any show of interest。 When she finally; blessedly; 
  did decide; she pointed and manded (much like a judge at a 
  dog show; “Bob; she’s chosen the Border Collie 。 。 。”); and 
  the editors nodded obsequiously (“Yes; excellent choice;” “Oh; 
  definitely; the perfect choice”) and they wrapped up their 
  wares and scuttled back to their respective departments before 
  she inevitably changed her mind。

  The whole hellish ordeal only took a few minutes; but by the 
  time it was over; we were all exhausted from anxiety。 She’d 
  already announced earlier in the day that she’d be leaving 
  early; around four; to spend a couple hours with the girls 
  before the big trip; so I canceled the features meeting; to 
  the relief of the entire department。 At precisely 3:58P 。M。 
  she began packing her bag to leave; a not…so…strenuous 
  activity; since I’d be bringing anything of any heft or 
  significance to her apartment later on that evening in time 
  for her flight。 Basically; it involved tossing her Gucci 
  wallet and her Motorola Cell Phone into that Fendi bag that 
  she kept abusing。 The past few weeks; the 10;000 beauty had 
  been serving as Cassidy’s school bag and many of the beads—in 
  addition to one of the handles—had snapped off。 Miranda had 
  dropped it on my desk one day and ordered me to have it fixed 
  or; if it was impossible to fix; to just throw out。 I’d 
  proudly resisted all temptation to tell her the bag was 
  unfixable so I could keep it and instead had a leatherworker 
  repair it for her for a mere twenty…five dollars。

  When she finally walked out; I instinctively reached for the 
  phone to call Alex and whine about my day。 It wasn’t until I’d 
  dialed half of his number that I remembered we were taking a 
  break。 It hit me that this would be the first day in more than 
  three years that we wouldn’t talk。 I sat with the phone in my 
  hand; staring at an e…mail he’d sent the d

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