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She didn’t escort them into Miranda’s office. Maybe she figured they knew the protocol, or maybe she’d decided they weren’t important enough, or maybe the system had changed in the last few years, but when Charla waved them forward, Andy felt herself take a deep breath at exby Lauren Weisberger actly the same time Emily inhaled, and side by side, they walked as confidently as they could iranda manage into Miranda’s office. can see Thankfully, miraculously, she you now,” did not look them up and down. She Charla andidn’t look at them at all. She didn’t nounced, invite them to sit, or greet them, or her unsmiling face surely a bad in any way acknowledge their exomen. istence. Andy had to fight the urge J U LY 2 0 1 3 / A R I E S 1 7
The long waited sequel to The Devil Wears Prada, Andy and Emily are thrown back in the game again!
to report some sort of progress or accomplishment, let Miranda know that her lunch had been properly scheduled or the tutor successfully wrangled. She could feel the tension emanating from Emily, too. Unsure of what to do or say, they just stood there. For what may have been the most uncomfortable forty-five seconds of silence ever experienced anywhere, by anyone, for any reason. Andy glanced at Emily, but her friend appeared frozen in terror and uncertainty. And so they stood. Miranda sat perched on her cold metal chair, back ramrod straight, signature bob as smooth as a wig. She wore a charcoal-colored pleated skirt, made of wool or possibly cashmere, and a patterned silk blouse in stunning shades of red and orange. A delicate white rabbit-fur capelet rested elegantly on her shoulders and a single large ruby, the size
of a small candy egg, hung from a chain around her neck. Her nails and lips were varnished in the same red wine color. Andy watched, mesmerized, as those thin, lacquered lips wrapped around the cardboard coffee cup, drank, released. She ran her tongue slowly, deliberately, across the top lip first and then the bottom. Like watching a cobra devour a mouse. Finally—finally!—Miranda turned her gaze upward from her papers and toward them, although there wasn’t the least glimmer of focus or recognition. Instead, she cocked her head slightly to the side, looked from Emily to Andy and back again, and said, “Yes?” Yes? Yes? ?W22??v?B6???V???Rv?F????R?ff?6R??G'VFW'3??G?fV?B?W"?V'B&Vv??F?&6RWfV?f7FW"?F?B?&?F&V????B6??&V?V?BF?B6?R?B??f?FVBF?V?F?W&S??G????7Bf??FVB??&V6?F???v?V?V???V?VB?W"??WF?F?7V?? ?( ?V?????&?F?( ?V??6?B??W"f??6R6?V?F??r7FVF?W"F??6?R????VB?v?FR?f?R6??R?7FW&VB???W"f6R?( ?N( ?2v??BF?6VR??Rv???( ? ??G?&Vf?W??fV?&?ffW&VB?W"?v?v?FR?f?R6??R?B??FFVBV?F?W6?7F?6???6??V6?f?"6???6?????B6???V7FVB?F??V??v?F?&V?V?&W&??rF?BF??2v???6?V?F?( ?B?W'BF?V???r?F?BF?W?F?F?( ?B?VVB?W"f?"??F???r?F?B?W"???B?fW"F?V??B???r6??6RWf?&FVB???7FVB?F?RGv??bF?V?7F??BF?W&R?w&?????r??R6?????VW2??&?FVW&VBBF?V?v?F??WBf?6?W"?b&V6?v??F??????"F?B6?R6VV?F?V?FW'7F?BF?B6?R?B???F?FVBF?R???F?V?B? ?V??G&?VBv???( ?vRvW&R&?F?6??V6VBv?V???R&WVW7FVBF??2?VWF??r??2F?W&R6??WF???rvR6??V???Rv?F??( ? ??G?6?V?B?V"6?&?????R6?'?g&??F?R?FW&????F??0???BF?R?FV?F??F?v?fW'?w&??rfW'?V?6??? ?'WB?&?F?W&V?????VBW???VB?( ?W2??b6?W'6R??6??VB??R?W&RF?F?67W72??W"?v???R?F?R?V?vR?V?2?6?&??2??FW&W7FVB??7V?&??r?B?'WBv?BF?B??R?V?v?V???R6?B?N( ?2v??BF?6VR?Rv???( ? ??G?v??VB&?V?BF?????BV???'WB?W"g&?V?Bv27F&??r7G&?v?BB?&?F?g&??V??v?V??G???&FVBv??6RB?&?F?6?R6rF?Rv???7F&??rFvvW'2BV??? ??G??B??6???6R?( ?????F????V???W7B?V?2F?B?N( ?2&VV?6????r6??6RvRv?&?VB?W&RF?vWF?W"??&VG????7BFV??V'2V??v2??W"?VB76?7F?Bf?"Gv??V'2??B?( N( ? ?( ?Gv??B??b ( ?V??&&?VB?( ??B?v2?W&Rf?"?V"?( ? ??&?FF?V6?VB&VB???F??V?6??f?'F&????7B&VB???W"W?W2?'&?vVB??6??6V?G&F????gFW"??F?W"v?v&B6??V?6R?6?R6?B?( ?F??( ?B&V6????b6?W'6R???R6???v??R??r???76?7F?G2?( ?fR?B6??6RF?V??( ? ?V??????VB??R6?Rv2f???VBv?F??W&FW&?W2&vR? ?FW'&?f?VB?bv?B?W"g&?V?B?v?B6???G??vW&VBf?'v&B?6?Rf?&6VB?GF?R?Vv??v??6?6?V?FVBF?????B&?GFW"?WfV?F??W"?v?V'2?( ?W2??( ??&V?WfVB??RF??( ?B&V6???2????V????FV?W&R?W&RF?F?( ?BV?B??F?R&W7BFW&?2??v26???V?r??B&?2?v???Rv??FW&gV??v2?W7B&V???fW'v?V???r???( ? ??G?6?V?BfVV?V??v?&??rB?W"??r?v????r?W"F?6?WBW?'WB?Bv2?&?Fv????FW''WFVB?W"? ?( ?vW&RV?F?W"?b??RF?B6?''?v?&?v??GW&?VB6???WFV?6FF???2?B?VVFVBF?&R6'FVB?fbF?7???6??G&?2??7?F??( ? ?&?F?v?&?26????F?V?"?VG2?( ??B?V?F?W"?b??RvW&RF?B?V?F?2v??&WVFVF?F?&VFV?VBF?'W&?F?v??'F?V?B???( ?F??2V&VBF?&R??&R7FFV?V?BF??VW7F?????F??Vv??&?FF?Bv??6RBF?V?F?6VR?b?BV?6?FVB??&V7F????v???F?W?6????F?V?"?VG2? ??&?F ( ?2'&?rgW'&?vVB?( ?F?W&Rv2F?B???v?&?v?F?F?RFW'&?&?6?V6??W2v??G&?VBF??fR?R'&W7FVB??6??R6?'B?bG'V?VB?W?&76?V?B6?&vR?'WB6?Rv2&???FR?( ? ?( ???BW2?( ??G?6?B??F??Vv?6?R6?V?BfVV??&?F ( ?2v?R'W&???r??F??W"&??F?W2???B?ffV?6?fV?6?V'WB??BFW6?v?W"V?F?W"? ?( ?vV??F?V????R?W7B??B?fR&VV?F?B??FW&W7F??r?( ?FFVBg&??&WfV?vRvV'2&FV&?6?VB'R6????b66?W7FW"#2'??W&V?vV?6&W&vW"?W&V?vV?6&W&vW"?2F?R?Wr??&?F??W2&W7B?6V???rWF??"?bF?RFWf??vV'2?WfW'???Rv?'F????v??r??B&WfV?vRvV'2&F?2??6?R?V?RGF????"?R0??????RŒ"0??