PHOENIX IN PRADA
— EMMA —
Julian von Thorne turned up at Tessa's studio on a Thursday.
I know this because Tessa texted me at 11:03 AM with the specific caps-lock energy of a woman who needed a legal witness and possibly a tranquilizer gun.
Tessa: He's here.
Tessa: AT MY STUDIO.
Tessa: Emma, he brought coffee. In a specific cardboard carrier. Who DOES that?
I was in the middle of a perfectly balanced breakfast and very nearly inhaled a piece of avocado toast.
Emma: What did you do? Did you deploy the security system?
Tessa: I let him in because I was raised with manners and also I was momentarily blinded by curiosity. It's a character flaw.
Tessa: He said he wanted to apologize for arriving uninvited to Ethan's birthday. I told him the apology was accepted and he could proceed to
