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时尚女魔头 穿普拉达的恶魔 英文原版-第83部分
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course; that was before that; thatthing you dragged Home; but
。 。 。”
Another warning look; this time followed by a glare。 I’d tried
to talk to her about the whole Freak Boy incident a few dozen
times; but it seemed like we were never really alone and
neither of us had much time lately for heart…to…hearts。 She
immediately changed the subject whenever I brought it up。 I
could tell that more than anything she was embarrassed; she
had acknowledged that he was vile; but she wouldn’t
participate in any discussion whatsoever about the excessive
drinking that was responsible for the whole episode。
“Yes; well; apparently at some point that night I called him
from Au Bar and begged him to e meet me;” she said;
avoiding eye contact; instead concentrating intently on using
the remote control to switch tracks on the mournful Jeff
Buckley CD that seemed to be on permanent replay in the
apartment。
“So? Did he e and see you talking to; uh; to someone else?”
I was trying not to push her away even more by being critical
of her。 There was obviously a lot going on inside her head;
what with the problems at school and the drinking and the
seemingly limitless supply of guys; and I wanted her to open
up to someone。 She’d never kept anything from me before; if
for no other reason than I was all she had; but she hadn’t
been telling me much of anything lately。 It occurred to me how
strange it was that we hadn’t bothered to discuss this until
four months after the fact。
“No; not quite;” she said bitterly。 “He came all the way there
from Morningside Heights only to find me not there。 Apparently
he called my Cell Phone and Kenny answered and wasn’t all that
nice。”
“Kenny?”
“Thatthing I dragged Home at the beginning of the summer;
remember?” She said it sarcastically; but this time she
smiled。
“Ah…hah。 I’m guessing Freudian Boy didn’t take that well?”
“Not so much。 Whatever。 Easy e; easy go; right?” She
scampered off to the kitchen with her empty glass and I saw
her pour from a half…full bottle of Ketel One。 A very small
splash of soda; and she was back on the couch。
I was just about to inquire as gently as possible why she was
inhaling vodka when she had an article due the next day; but
the buzzer rang from downstairs。
“Who’s there?” I called to John by holding down the button。
“Mr。 Fineman is here to see Ms。 Sachs;” he announced formally;
all Business now that other people were around。
“Really? Um; great。 Send him up。”
Lily looked at me and raised her eyebrows; and I realized that
once again we weren’t going to have this conversation。 “You
look psyched;” she said with obvious sarcasm。 “Not exactly
thrilled that your boyfriend is surprising you; are you?”
“Of course I am;” I said defensively; and we both knew I was
lying。 Things with Alex had been strained the past few weeks。
Really strained。 We went through all the motions of being
together and we did it well: after almost four years; we
certainly knew what the other wanted to hear or needed to do。
But he’d pensated for all the time I spent at work by being
even more angelic at school—volunteering to coach; tutor;
mentor; and chair just about every activity someone could
think up—and the time we did actually see each other was about
as exciting as if we’d been married for thirty years。 We had
an unspoken understanding that we’d just wait things out until
my year of servitude was over; but I wouldn’t let myself think
about where the relationship might be headed then。
But still。 That made two close people in my life—first Jill
(who’d called me out on the miserable state of affairs on the
phone the other night); and now Lily—who’d pointed out that
Alex and I were less than adorable together lately; and I had
to admit that Lily had; in her buzzed but nonetheless
perceptive way; noticed that I was not happy to hear that Alex
had arrived。 I was dreading telling him that I had to go to
Europe; dreading the inevitable fight that would ensue; a
fight I very much would have liked to put off for a few more
days。 Ideally; not until I was in Europe。 But no such luck; as
he was currently knocking on my door。
“Hi!” I said a bit too enthusiastically as I pulled open the
door and threw my arms around his neck。 “What a great
surprise!”
“You don’t mind that I just stopped by; do you? I met Max for
a drink right around the corner and I thought I’d say hi。”
“Of course I don’t mind; silly! I’m thrilled。 e in; e
in。” I knew I sounded positively manic; but any armchair
shrink could easily point out that my outward enthusiasm was
meant to overpensate for all that was lacking inwardly。
He grabbed a beer and kissed Lily on the cheek and settled
into the bright orange armchair my parents had saved from the
seventies; just knowing that one day they could bestow it
proudly on one of their offspring。 “So; what’s going on here?”
he asked; nodding toward the stereo; where a positively
heart…wrenching version of “Hallelujah” was blaring。
Lily shrugged。 “Procrastinating。 What else?”
“Well; I have some news;” I said; trying to sound enthusiastic
to convince both myself and Alex that this was; in fact; a
positive development。 He’d been so excited about arranging all
the plans for our Homeing weekend—and I’d been so pushy in
getting him to do it—that it seemed downright cruel to be
canceling on him less than a week and a half before we were
going。 We’d spent an entire night figuring out whom we wanted
to invite to our big Sunday brunch; and even knew exactly
where and with whom we’d be tailgating before the
Brown–Dartmouth game on Saturday。
They both looked at me; not a little warily; until Alex
finally managed; “Yeah? What’s up?”
“Well! I just got the call—I’m going to Paris for a week!” I
said this with the exuberance of telling an infertile couple
that they were having twins。
“You’re going where?” Lily asked; looking puzzled and
distracted; not entirely interested。
“You’re goingwhy ?” Alex asked at the exact same moment;
looking about as pleased as if I’d just announced that I had
tested positive for syphilis。
“Emily just found out she has mono; and Miranda wants me to
acpany her to the shows。 Isn’t that awesome?” I said; a
chipper smile on my face。 This was exhausting。 I was dreading
having to go myself; but it made it ten times worse to have to
convince him that it was actually a really great opportunity。
“I don’t understand。 Doesn’t she go to the shows like a
thousand times a year?” he asked。 I nodded。 “So why does she
all of a sudden need you to go with her now?”
Lily had tuned out at this point and seemed to be engrossed in
flipping through an old issue ofThe New Yorker 。 I’d saved
every copy from the past five years。
“She throws this massive party at the spring shows in Paris
and just likes to have one of her American assistants be
there。 She’ll go to Milan first and then we’ll meet in Paris。
To; you know; oversee everything。”
“And that American assistant has to be you; and it has to mean
you’ll be missing Homeing;” he said flatly。
“Well; it’s not normally the way it works。 Since it’s
considered a huge privilege; usually the senior assistant is
the only one who gets to go; but since Emily is sick; then;
yes; now I will be going。 I have to leave next Tuesday; so I
can’t go to Providence that weekend。 I’m really; really
sorry。” I moved off my chair and went to sit closer to him on
the couch; but he immediate
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