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时尚女魔头 穿普拉达的恶魔 英文原版-第59部分
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lingering just long enough to make each feel fat; ugly; and
inappropriately clad; and manded them all to return to their
desks。 They nodded their heads furiously while keeping their heads
bowed。 A few murmured heartfelt apologies while they moved quickly
back to the fashion area。 It wasn’t until they’d all left that I
realized we were alone。 Again。
“Ahn…dre…ah? I won’t tolerate being spoken to that way by my
assistant;” she declared; walking toward the door that would lead us
to the hallway。 I was unsure whether I should follow her or not; and
I briefly hoped that either Eduardo or Sophy or one of the fashion
girls had warned Emily that Miranda was on her way back。
“Miranda; I—”
“Enough。” She paused at the door and looked at me。 “Whose shoes are
you wearing?” she asked again in a none…too…pleased voice。
I checked out my black slingbacks again and wondered how to tell the
most stylish woman in the western hemisphere that I was wearing a
pair of shoes I’d purchased at Ann Taylor Loft。 Another glance at
her face and I knew I couldn’t。
“I bought them in Spain;” I said quickly; averting my eyes。 “It was
at some adorable boutique in Barcelona right off Las Ramblas that
carried this new Spanish designer’s line。” Where the hell had I
pulled that one from?
She folded her hand into a fist; put it over her mouth; and cocked
her head。 I saw James approaching the glass door from the other
side; but as soon as he saw Miranda he turned and fled。 “Ahn…dre…ah;
they’re unacceptable。 My girls need to representRunway magazine; and
those shoes are not the message I’m looking to convey。 Find some
decent footwear in the Closet。 And get me a coffee。” She looked at
me and looked at the door; and I understood I was to reach forward
and open it for her; which I did。 She walked through without saying
thank you and headed back to the office。 I needed to get money and
my cigarettes for the Coffee run; but neither was worth having to
walk behind her like an abused but loyal duckling; and so I turned
to walk back toward the elevator。 Eduardo could spot me the five
bucks for the latte; and Ahmed would just charge a new pack toRunway
’s house account; as he’d been doing for months now。 I hadn’t
counted on her even noticing; but her voice hit the back of my head
like a shovel。
“Ahn…dre…ah!”
“Yes; Miranda?” I stopped in my tracks and turned to face her。
“I expect the restaurant review I asked you for is on my desk?”
“Um; well; actually; I’ve had a little trouble locating it。 You see;
I’ve spoken to all the papers and it seems none of them have run a
review of an Asian fusion restaurant in the past few days。 Do you;
uh; happen to remember the name of the restaurant?” Without
realizing it; I was holding my breath and bracing for the onslaught。
It appeared my explanation held little interest for her; because she
had resumed walking toward her office。 “Ahn…dre…ah; I already told
you that it was in thePost —is it really that difficult to find?”
And with that; she was gone。 ThePost ? I’d spoken to their
restaurant reviewer just that morning and he had sworn there were no
reviews that fit my description—nothing noteworthy had opened that
week whatsoever。 She was cracking up; for sure; and I was the one
who was going to get blamed。
The Coffee run took only a few minutes since it was midday; so I
felt free to tack on an extra ten minutes to call Alex; who would be
having lunch at exactly twelve…thirty。 Thankfully; he answered his
Cell Phone; so I didn’t have to deal with any of the teachers again。
“Hey babe; how’s your day going?” He sounded cheerful to the point
of excess; and I had to remind myself not to be irritated。
“Awesome so far; as always。 I really do love it here。 I’ve spent the
past five hours researching an imaginary article that was dreamed up
by a delusional woman who would probably rather take her own life
than admit she’s wrong。 What about you?”
“Well; I’ve had a great day。 Remember I told you about Shauna?” I
nodded into the phone even though he couldn’t see me。 Shauna was one
of his little girls who had yet to utter a single word in class; and
whether he threatened her or bribed her or worked with her one on
one; Alex couldn’t get her to talk。 He’d been near…hysterical the
first time she’d shown up in his class; placed there by a social
worker who’d discovered that even though she was nine years old
she’d never been in the inside of a school; and he’d been obsessed
with helping her ever since。
“Well; it seems she won’t shut up! All it took was a little singing。
I had a folk singer e in today to play the guitar for the kids;
and Shauna was singing away。 And once she broke the ice; she’s been
jabbering away with everyone since。 She knows English。 She has an
age…appropriate vocabulary。 She’s pletely and totally normal!”
His obvious elation made me smile; and all of a sudden I started to
miss him。 Miss him in the way that you do when you’ve seen someone
frequently and regularly but haven’t really connected with him in
any significant way。 It had been great to surprise him the night
before; but; as usual; I’d been too frazzled to be much pany。 We
both inherently understood that we were just waiting out my
sentence; waiting for me to plete my year of servitude; waiting
until everything went back to the way it was。 But I still missed
him。 And I still felt not a little guilty for the whole Christian
situation。
“Hey; congratulations! Not that you needed a testament to the fact
that you’re a great teacher; but you got one anyway! You should be
thrilled。”
“Yeah; it’s exciting。” I could hear the bell ring in the background。
“Listen; is that offer still open for a date tonight—just you and
me?” I asked; hoping he hadn’t made plans yet but expecting that he
had。 As I’d pulled myself out of bed this morning and dragged my
exhausted and sore body into the shower; he’d called out that he
wanted to just rent a movie; order some food; and hang out。 I’d
mumbled something unnecessarily sarcastic about it not being worth
his time because I wouldn’t get Home until late and would just fall
asleep; and at least one of us should have a life and enjoy their
Friday night。 I wanted to tell him now that I was angry at Miranda;
atRunway; at myself; but not at him; and that there was nothing I’d
rather do than curl up on the couch and cuddle for fifteen straight
hours。
“Sure。” He sounded surprised; but pleased。 “Why don’t I just wait at
your place and then we can figure out what we want to do? I’ll just
hang out with Lily until you get Home。”
“Sounds absolutely perfect。 You can hear all about Freudian Boy。”
“Who?”
“Never mind。 Listen; I’ve got to run。 The Queen will wait for Coffee
no longer。 See you tonight—can’t wait。”
Eduardo allowed me upstairs after chanting only two refrains—my
choice—of “We Didn’t Start the Fire;” and Miranda was talking
animatedly when I set down her Coffee spread on the left…hand corner
of her desk。 I spent the rest of the afternoon arguing with every
assistant and editor I could reach at theNew York Post; trying to
insist that I knew their paper better than they did; and could I
please just have one little copy of the Asian fusion restaurant
review they’d run the day before?
“Ma’am; I’ve told you a dozen times and I’ll tell you again:we did
not review any such restaurant 。 I know Ms。 Priestly is a crazy
woman and I don’t doubt that she’s making your life a living hell;
but I just can’t produce an article that doesn’t exist。 Do you
understand?” This had e finally from an associate who; even
though he worked onPage Six; had been assigned the task of finding
my article to shut me up。 He’d been patient and willing; but he’d
reached the end of his charity work。 Emily was on the other line
with one of their freelance food writers; and I’d forced James to
call one of his ex…boyfriends who worked in the advertising
department there to see if there was anything—anything—he could do。
It was already three o’clock the dayafter she’d requested something;
and this was the very first time I hadn’t gotten it immediately。
“Emily!” Miranda called from inside her deceptively bright office。
“Yes; Miranda?” we both answered; jumping up to see which one of us
she would motion to。
“Emily; I can hear that you just spoke to the people at thePost ?”
she said; directing her attention in my direction。 The real Emily
looked relieved and sat down。
“Yes; Miranda; I just hung up with them。 I’ve actually spoken to
three different people there and all of them insist that they
haven’t reviewed a single new Asian fusion restaurant in Manhattan
at any point in the last week。 Maybe it was before then?” I was now
tottering in front of her desk with my head bowed just enough so I
could stare at the black Jimmy Choo slingbacks with four…inch heels
that Jeffy had provided so smugly。
“Manhattan?” She looked confused and pissed off all at once。 “Who
said anything about Manhattan?”
It was my time to be confused。
“Ahn…dre…ah; I’ve told you at least five times now that the review
was written about a new restaurant inWashington 。 Since I’ll be
there next week; I need you to make a reservation。” She cocked her
head and moved her lips into what can only be described as a wicked
smile。 “What exactly about this project do you find so challenging?”
Was
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