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perhaps the most formidable I ’ d ever seen her.   Her suit was black, fitted, cutting-edge.   Her black hair, usually worn in a bob,
was spikey and suggested an aggressive, angular look.   Her skin seemed to glow from within, and
her eyeliner and eye shadow were more pronounced than ever, but her lips were
the real statement — they
were beyond red.   All she needed
were broad strokes of paint across her cheeks, and she ’ d look as if she was about to go to war.   There was an energy coming off her that
I hadn ’ t felt before.   She ’ d always been aggressive.   But what sat before me was
ferocious.   She looked like a hawk
ready to feast on its first meal in weeks.
    Her face softened and she got up out of her chair, came over to me,
reached for my hands, and took them in her own.   “ I
love, love, love what you ’ re
wearing.   So on trend.   So faboo.   I would have paired it all with faux
red-rimmed glasses, but you probably don ’ t have anything like that yet.   So, we ’ ll just get them later.   Just you and me, OK?   It will be our afternoon out.   By the way, the Dior pumps made me
tremble when I saw them. ”
    “ They ’ re Jennifer ’ s. ”
    “ I don ’ t care who they belong
to.   You wore them on purpose.   You wore them for me — I know you did!   And I love you for it.   You look like a rising young author
ready to take the world by the balls. ”  
    She extricated herself from me and then appraised me.   “ I ’ m sorry about last
night.   Mostly for the first part,
and obviously for what happened later with your ex.   But we ’ ll deal with each soon. ”   She kissed
me on the cheek, took a seat behind her desk, and lifted an eyebrow at me when
I sat down.   “ If Jennifer had your fashion sense, I wouldn ’ t be aging as quickly as I
am now. ”
    “ Oh,
please.   You look the same as when I
first met you. ”
    Blackwell held out a pointed finger at me.   “ Don ’ t you dare lie to me.   Not now.   Not ever. ”
    “ I ’ m not lying. ”
    “ Then explain
this teeny line next to my right eye. ”   She pointed to it.   “ This
one.   This one right here. ”
    “ You expect me
to even see that? ”
    “ Of course I
do. ”
    “ Well, I can ’ t. ”
    “ Then we need
to get you to a doctor and get you real glasses.   Bifocals.   I can ’ t have a blind author under my watch. ”
    “ You ’ re killing me. ”
    When she leaned forward, I could see by the expression on her face that
all joking between us had just ended.   “ We don ’ t have much time. ”
    “ For what? ”
    She didn ’ t
say.   Instead, she plunged
forward.   “ In your own words, tell me exactly what transpired
between you and Boss last night.   Before anything happens, I need to hear it from you first. ”
    Before anything happens … ?   “ What ’ s going to happen? ”
    “ Don ’ t be na ï ve — we both know.   Now, be quick.   Spill it.   We have only ten minutes. ”
    I told her everything.
    “ So, he really
did do that to you, ” she
said.   “ At first, I couldn ’ t believe it.   How was he with Julian West? ”
    “ He was fine
until I broke the news that the book West wanted to buy was going through a
total rewrite.   And then Julian went
off on him.   When Boss challenged
him, West just threw up his hands and walked away.   He was willing to offer seven figures
for that option.   I think he ’ d still pay that price,
but what he made very clear to both of us was that he ’ d only do so if the book that was published remained in
its original form — not the version that Boss was proposing. ”
    “ Did Boss do
anything when West left? ”
    “ He laced into
me.   He accused me of throwing him
under the bus, which is bullshit. ”
    “ Why did he
say that? ”
    “ Because I
refuse lie to anyone, Barbara.   Julian was excited about my book and yet Boss was making a conscious
effort to tell him nothing about the changes that were