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    "Oprah it is," Adrienne said.

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    Emma beamed, and leaped from the piano seat. She raced back to the kitchen, and Adrienne followed her. Tania was waiting for them and had plates with cookies and glasses of milk ready. The theme music for Oprah came on, and Emma turned to Adrienne, grinning.

    "Adrienne!" she cried. "Incredible weight-loss make- overs! Have a cookie and sit down--these are the best. Tania always cries."

    "Big people get skinny and beautiful. Break my heart, I so happy for them,"Tania said, nodding.

    Adrienne joined them on the sofa. Bisquit came in and seemed surprised to see her still there. He jumped onto the sofa between Adrienne and Emma, who ignored him.

    Adrienne gave Bisquit a piece of her cookie, and he looked at her adoringly through moist eyes.

    Well, well, Adrienne thought. It looks like I'm going to get along just fine. She glanced around at the incredible room. I can't believe how much money they must have, she thought. Liz never mentioned that this was like a palace! Adrienne settled back into the soft suede-covered sofa. I think I could get used to it here!

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CHAPTER FOUR

    perfect in Prada

    A fter Oprah, Emma was served dinner. She ate early because her mother liked her in bed early. After dinner, she began to get nervous. "It's almost seven," she said. "My mother will be coming soon.You'd better get me into my bath. She'll freak out if I'm not in there."

    "What time will she get home?" Adrienne asked.

    Emma gave her a blank look. "She is home. She's in her room."

    Adrienne blinked."She's been in her room this whole time?"

    "Of course," Emma said. "She needs her rest."

    What is up with these people? Adrienne thought. No interview, and leaving me here alone with her servants and her child? This is really weird. Adrienne tried not to look too surprised. "Thanks for the clue," she said. "Do you need me to help you in there, or can I just run the bath for you?"

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    "Just run it. I use lavender soap. Not too hot," Emma instructed.

    "You got it," she said, turning to go to Emma's bath- room.

    "Oh, Adrienne?" Emma said.

    "Yes?" she replied.

    "That green sweater? My mother hates green. You need to change your sweater."

    "Are you serious?" Adrienne asked.

    "Very serious. My mom has fired people over less."

    I can't piss off Mrs.Warner right away, Adrienne thought. But who goes berserk over a color?

    "Hurry! You can borrow something from my half- sister," Emma said.

    "Okay," Adrienne said reluctantly. "But will she mind if I borrow her clothes?"

    "Mind?" Emma said. "She'll never even know."

    Adrienne followed Emma down the hall, where they could just hear Tania and Mrs. Warner murmuring in the entryway.

    The two girls slipped into Cameron's room.

    Adrienne looked around. Like Emma's room, Cameron's had a huge window overlooking Central Park and the skyline. Unlike Emma's, the room was for no little girl. Stark and modern, Cameron's room looked like what Adrienne imagined a movie star's bedroom would be. On

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    every wall, there were black-and-white fashion photo- graphs of supermodels, most of them signed to Cameron.

    "You'd better hurry before my mom finds us," Emma said, opening the door to Cameron's closet.

    Adrienne's jaw dropped. It was like walking into an entire boutique at Barneys. Her eyes ran over the dozens of cashmere sweaters, which lined one bank of shelves.

    "Quickly," Emma said again."Take that pale gray one. It will look good on you, and Cameron will never miss it. She's so dumb, she won't even notice it's gone. Hurry!"

    Worried a bit about taking the sweater, but even more nervous about making the wrong impression on Mrs. Warner, Adrienne grabbed the sweater and followed Emma back down the hall to her room. Emma went to take her bath and left Adrienne alone.

    Adrienne took off the green sweater and put it on Emma's bed. She unfolded the