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Title: The Nanny Diaries Chapter 76
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Blog Entry: The Nanny Diaries Chapter 76 2011.11.21 I trust you will review the consistency of your care and note that if an incident of this nature repeats itself I shall not have to pay you for that hour.  moncler jackets  I do not expect that we will have to discuss this again. Hope you both have fun on your play date with Alex! Please be sure to pick up my coat at the tailors', it should be ready after two. Sincerely, Mrs. X. Right. The second envelope is lined in Crane's tomato red. I pull out a wad of hundred-dollar-bills held together by a sterling money clip engraved with an X. Dear Nanny, I will be returning from Chicago the third week of June.  moncler sale  I'd appreciate it if you could see that the apartment is stocked with the following: Lillet = 6 bottles Foie gras - 6 Teuscher champagne truffles - 1 box Steaks - 2 Godiva chocolate ice cream - 2 pints Oysters - 4 dozen Lobsters - 2 Lavender linen water Keep the change, Thanks, Ms. C What is up with these women and lavender water? The quadroon nurse was looked upon as a huge encumbrance, only good to button up waists and panties and to brush and part hair; since it seemed to be a law of society that hair must be parted and brushed. -THE AWAKENING Oh  ...my  ...God Sarah cracks her front door open to the extent the chain will allow, moncler coats revealing flannel cloud pajamas and a pencil holding her blond bun in place. "Okay, half an hour-that's it. I mean it, thirty minutes. I'm home to cram for my orgo final, not sort through the Xes' dirty laundry." "Why did you schlep yourself all the way back into the city to study?" Josh asks as Sarah unlocks the chain and lets us into the Englund family's front hall. "Have you ever met, Jill, my roommate?" "I don't think so," Josh says, taking off his jacket. "Don't worry-you're not missing much-she's a theater major and her 'final' is performing five minutes of her life for the heads of the department-throw your stuff on the bench-so she's constantly standing up in our room, saying 'Dammit!', and sitting back down. I mean, how hard is it to sit and read a magazine for five minutes?" She rolls her eyes. "Do you guys want something to drink?" We follow her into the kitchen, moncler online which still has the same yellow daisy wallpaper that it did when we were in kindergarten. "Sing Slings." I request Sarah's speciality. "Coming right up," she says, stretching to pull a cocktail shaker and sour mix out of a high cabinet. "Have a seat." She gestures to the long green table by the window. "It would be much cooler if this were a round table, like we could be the Knights of the Panty Roundtable," Josh says. "Josh," I say, "the panties aren't the focus right now-the letter is-" "We have a round coffee table in the living room," Sarah offers. "We are totally doing this at a round table," Josh decides. "Nan, you know the way," Sarah says, handing me a bag of Pirate's Booty. moncler down jackets   I lead Josh into the living room and plop down on the Persian carpet around the coffee table. Sarah follows with a tray of Singapore Slings. "Okay," she says, carefully sliding the tray onto the coffee table. "The clock is ticking-spill it." "Let's just see the goods," Josh says, taking a sip. I reach into my backpack and pull out the Ziploc baggie, along with Ms. Chicago's letter, and lay them ceremoniously in the middle of the table. We sit in silence for a moment, staring at the evidence as if they were eggs about to hatch. "Man, it really is a fucking panty roundtable," Josh murmurs, reaching out toward the bag. "No!" I say, slapping his hand. "The panties stay in the bag- that is the one condition of the Round Table. Got it?" He folds his hands primly in his lap, sighing. "Fine. So, moncler jackets sale for the edification of the court, would you care to review the facts of the case?" "I found Ms. Chicago practically hanging out in Mrs. X's bed four months ago, and then, all of a sudden, I received a letter at my home-" "Exhibit A," Sarah says, waving the letter. "Which means she knows where I live! She's hunted me down! Is there nowhere for me to hide?" "It's so over the line," Sarah confirms. "Oh, does Nan have a line?" Josh asks. "Yes! I have a line. It's drawn right across Eighty-sixth Street. They cannot come to my home!" I feel myself starting to get hysterical. "I have a thesis paper to write! Exams to take! A job to find! What I do not have-is time. I cannot be running around NYU with Mr. X's mistress's underwear in my bag. I cannot be juggling their secrets on a full course load!" "Nan, look," Sarah says gently, moncler jackets on sale reaching around the table to put her hand on my back. "You still have power here. Disengage. Just give it all back and call it a day." "Give it all back to who?" I ask. "To the skank," Josh says. "Mail that shit back to her and let her know you don't want to play." "But what about Mrs. X? If this all comes out and she finds out I had the panties and didn't tell her-" "What's she gonna do? Kill you?" Sarah asks. "Put you in jail for the rest of your life?" She holds up her glass. "Send 'em back and quit." "I can't quit. I don't have time to look for another job and my Real Job-at whatever school I can convince to hire me-won't start till September. Besides"-I open the bag of cheese poofs, finished with my bout of self-pity-"I just can't leave Grayer." "You're gonna be leaving him at some point," Josh reminds me. "Yeah, but if I want to stay in his life I can't end on bad terms with her," moncler jackets men   I say. "But you're right. I'll send this stuff back." "And look, that only took us twenty minutes," Sarah says. "Which still leaves ten minutes for you to run my orgo flashcards with me." "The fun never stops," I say. Josh leans over to give me a hug. "Don't sweat it, Nan, you'll be fine. Hey-let's not overlook the fact that you guessed Ms. Chicago's panties would be black lace thongs, like, months before we found 'em. That's gotta be a marketable skill." I empty my glass. "Well, moncler jackets women   if you know a game show on which I can turn that into ready cash, lemme know."