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时尚女魔头 穿普拉达的恶魔 英文原版-第章

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  week;” my mother said; stirring her tea with a spoon。 We were 
  sitting at the kitchen table in our usual spots; my mother drinking 
  her usual decaf tea with Sweet’N Low; me with my usual mug of 
  English Breakfast and sugar。 Even though I hadn’t lived at Home in 
  four years; all it took was an oversize mug of microwaved tea and a 
  couple Reese’s peanut butter cups to make me feel like I’d never 
  left。

  “Well; I don’t have a choice; and; honestly; I’m lucky to have that。 
  You should’ve heard how hard…core this woman was on the phone;” I 
  said。 She looked at me; expressionless。 “But; whatever; I can’t 
  worry about it。 I did just get a job at a really famous magazine 
  with one of the most powerful women in the industry。 A job a million 
  girls would die for。”

  We smiled at each other; but her smile was tinged with sadness。 “I’m 
  so happy for you;” she said。 “Such a beautiful; grown…up daughter I 
  have。 Honey; I just know this is going to be the start of a 
  wonderful; wonderful time in your life。 Ah; I remember graduating 
  from college and moving to New York。 All alone in that big; crazy 
  city。 Scary but so; so exciting。 I want you to love every minute of 
  it; all the plays and films and people and shopping and books。 It’s 
  going to be the best time of your life—I just know it。” She rested 
  her hand on mine; something she didn’t usually do。 “I’m so proud of 
  you。”

  “Thanks; Mom。 Does that mean you’re proud enough of me to buy me an 
  apartment; furniture; and a whole new wardrobe?”

  “Yeah; right;” she said and smacked the top of my head with a 
  magazine on her way to the microwave to heat two more cups。 She 
  hadn’t said no; but she wasn’t exactly grabbing her checkbook; 
  either。

  I spent the rest of the evening e…mailing everyone I knew; asking if 
  anyone needed a roommate or knew of someone who did。 I posted some 
  messages online and called people I hadn’t spoken to in months。 No 
  luck。 I decided my only choice—without permanently moving onto 
  Lily’s couch and inevitably wrecking our friendship; or crashing at 
  Alex’s; which neither of us was ready for—was to sublet a room 
  short…term; until I could get my bearings in the city。 It would be 
  best to find my own room somewhere; and preferably one that was 
  already furnished so I wouldn’t have to deal with that; too。

  The phone rang at a little after midnight; and I lunged for it; 
  nearly falling off my twin…size childhood bed in the process。 A 
  framed; signed picture of Chris Evert; my childhood hero; smiled 
  down from my wall; just below a bulletin board that still had 
  magazine cutouts of Kirk Cameron plastered across it。 I smiled into 
  the phone。

  “Hey; champ; it’s Alex;” he said with that tone of voice that meant 
  something had happened。 It was impossible to tell if it was 
  something good or bad。 “I just got an e…mail that a girl; Claire 
  McMillan; is looking for a roommate。 Princeton girl。 I’ve met her 
  before; I think。 dating Andrew; totally normal。 You interested?”

  “Sure; why not? Do you have her number?”

  “No; I only have her e…mail; but I’ll forward you her message and 
  you can get in touch with her。 I think she’ll be good。”

  I e…mailed Claire while I finished talking to Alex and then finally 
  got some sleep in my own bed。 Maybe; just maybe; this would work 
  out。

  Claire McMillan: not so much。 Her apartment was dark and depressing 
  and in the middle of Hell’s Kitchen; and there was a junkie propped 
  up on the doorstep when I arrived。 The others weren’t much better。 
  There was a couple looking to rent out an extra room in their 
  apartment who made indirect references to putting up with their 
  constant and loud lovemaking; an artist in her early thirties with 
  four cats and a fervent desire for more; a bedroom at the end of a 
  long; dark hallway; with no windows or closets; a twenty…year…old 
  gay guy in his self…proclaimed “slutty stage。” Each and every 
  miserable room I’d visited was going for well over 1;000 and my 
  salary was cashing in at a whopping 32;500。 And although math had 
  never been my strong suit; it didn’t take a genius to figure out 
  that rent would eat up more than 12;000 of it and taxes would take 
  the rest。 Oh; and my parents were confiscating the emergencies…only 
  credit card; now that I was an “adult。” Sweet。

  Lily pulled through after three straight days of letdowns。 Since she 
  had a vested interest in getting me off her couch for good; she 
  e…mailed everyone she knew。 A classmate from her Ph。D。 program at 
  Columbia had a friend who had a boss who knew two girls who were 
  looking for a roommate。 I called immediately and spoke to a very 
  nice girl named Shanti; who told me she and her friend Kendra were 
  looking for someone to move into their Upper East Side apartment; in 
  a room that was miniscule but had a window; a closet; and even an 
  exposed brick wall。 For 800 a month。 I asked if the apartment had a 
  bathroom and kitchen。 It did (no dishwasher or bathtub or elevator; 
  of course; but one can hardly expect living in luxury their first 
  time out)。 Bingo。 Shanti and Kendra ended up being two very sweet 
  and quiet Indian girls who’d just graduated from Duke; worked 
  hellishly long hours at investment banks; and seemed to me; that 
  first day and every day thereafter; utterly indistinguishable from 
  each other。 I had found a Home。


  4

  I’d slept in my new room for three nights already and still felt 
  like a stranger living in a very strange place。 The room was minute。 
  Perhaps slightly larger than the storage shed in the backyard of my 
  house in Avon; but not really。 And unlike most empty spaces that 
  actually looked bigger with furniture; my room had shrunk to half 
  its size。 I had naively eyed the tiny square and decided tha
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