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时尚女魔头 穿普拉达的恶魔 英文原版-第87部分

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  filled out the front information page in her daily planner and 
  had listed you as her emergency contact; since her 
  grandmother’s really not doing all that well。 Anyway; I guess 
  the hospital called you at Home and on your cell; but of 
  course you weren’t checking either one。 When no one called 
  them back or showed up in twenty…four hours; they went through 
  her planner and noticed that we have the same last name as 
  you; and so the hospital called here to see if we knew how to 
  reach you。 Mom and I couldn’t remember where you were staying; 
  so we called Alex for the name of the hotel。”

  “Oh my god; it was a day ago。 Has she been alone this whole 
  time? Is she still in the hospital?” I couldn’t ask the 
  questions fast enough; but I still felt like I wasn’t getting 
  any answers。 All I knew for sure was that Lily had decided on 
  me as the primary person in her life; the emergency contact 
  you always had to list but never; ever took seriously。 And 
  here she’d really needed me—didn’t have anyone else; in 
  fact—and I’d been nowhere to be found。 My choking had 
  subsided; but the tears continued to pour down my cheeks in 
  hot; angry streaks; and my throat felt as though it had been 
  scraped raw with a pumice stone。

  “Yes; she’s still in the hospital。 I’m going to be very honest 
  with you; Andy。 We’re not sure if she’s going to be all 
  right。”

  “What? What are you saying? Will someone just tell me 
  something concrete already?”

  “Honey; I’ve spoken to her doctor a half…dozen times already; 
  and I have plete confidence that she’s getting the best 
  attention。 But Lily’s in a a; sweetie。 Now; the doctor did 
  reassure me that—”

  “A a? Lily is in a a?” Nothing was making sense anymore; 
  the words were refusing to take on meaning。

  “Honey; try to calm down。 I know this is shocking for you and 
  I hate to do this over the phone。 We considered not telling 
  you until you got back; but since that’s still half a week 
  away; we figured you had a right to know。 But also know that 
  Mom and I are doing everything we can to make sure that Lily 
  gets the best help。 She’s always been like a daughter to us; 
  you know that; so she’s not going to be alone。”

  “Oh my god; I have to e home。 Dad; I have to e Home! She 
  doesn’t have anybody but me; and I’m across the Atlantic。 Oh; 
  but that fucking party is the night after tomorrow and it’s 
  the sole reason she brought me and she’ll definitely fire me 
  if I’m not there。 Think! I need to think!”

  “Andy; it’s late there。 I think the best thing you could do is 
  get some sleep; take a little time to think things over。 Of 
  course I knew you’d want to e Home right away; because 
  that’s the kind of person you are; but keep in mind that for 
  right now Lily is not conscious。 Her doctor assured me that 
  the chances are excellent that she’ll e out of this in the 
  next forty…eight to seventy…two hours; that her body is just 
  using this as an extended and deeper sleep to help itself 
  heal。 But nothing is certain;” he added; softly。

  “And if she does e out of it? I’m assuming she could have 
  all sorts of brain damage and horrible paralysis and things 
  like that? Oh my god; I can’t stand it。”

  “They just don’t know yet。 They said that she is responsive to 
  stimuli in her feet and legs; which is a good indication that 
  there’s no paralysis。 But there’s a lot of swelling around her 
  head; and it won’t be possible to know anything for sure until 
  she es out of this。 We just need to wait。”

  We spoke for a few minutes longer before I hung up abruptly 
  and called Alex’s Cell Phone。

  “Hi; it’s me。 Have you seen her?” I asked without so much as a 
  hello。 I was now a mini…Miranda。

  “Andy。 Hi。 So you know?”

  “Yeah; I just got off the phone with my parents。 Have you seen 
  her?”

  “Yes; I’m at the hospital now。 They won’t let me in her room 
  right now since it’s not visiting hours and I’m not family; 
  but I wanted to be here just in case she wakes up。” He sounded 
  very; very far away; pletely lost in his own thoughts。

  “What happened? My mom said something about how she was 
  driving and hit a cab or something? None of it makes any sense 
  to me。”

  “Uch; it’s a nightmare;” he sighed; clearly unhappy that no 
  one else had told me the story yet。 “I’m not sure I know 
  exactly; but I did talk to the guy she was with when it 
  happened。 You remember Benjamin; that guy she was seeing in 
  college who she walked in on having a threesome with those 
  girls?”

  “Of course; he works in my building now。 I see him sometimes。 
  What the hell was she doing with him? Lily hates him—she’s 
  never gotten over that。”

  “I know; that’s what I thought; too; but it seems they’ve been 
  hanging out lately and they were together last night。 He says 
  they had gotten tickets to see Phish at Nassau Coliseum and 
  drove out there together。 I guess Benjamin smoked too much and 
  decided he shouldn’t drive his car Home; so Lily volunteered。 
  They made it back to the city with no problems until Lily ran 
  a red light and then turned the wrong way down Madison; 
  straight into oning traffic。 They hit a cab head…on; on the 
  driver’s side; and; well; uh; you know。” He choked up at this 
  point; and I knew things must be worse than anyone had let on。

  I’d done nothing but ask questions the last half hour—to my 
  mom; my dad; and now Alex—but I couldn’t bring myself to ask 
  the most obvious one: Why had Lily run a red light and then 
  tried to drive south on an avenue that only ran north? But I 
  didn’t need to; because Alex; as always; knew exactly what I 
  was thinking。

  “Andy; her blood alcohol level was nearly twice the legal 
  limit。” He stated this matter…of…factly; trying not to swallow 
  the words so I wouldn’t ask him to repeat them。

  “Oh my god。”

  “If—when—she wakes up; she’s going to have even more to deal 
  with than her health: she’s in a lot of trouble。 Luckily; the 
  cabbie was OK; just a few bumps and bruises; and Benjamin’s 
  left leg is pletely smashed up; but he’ll be fine; too。 We 
  just need to wait for Lily。 When are you ing Home?”

  “What?” I was still trying to process the fact that Lily had 
  been “seeing” a guy I’d always thought she hated; that she’d 
  ended up in a a because she was so drunk when she was with 
  him。

  “I said; when are you ing home?” When I was silent for a 
  moment; he continued。 “You are ing Home; aren’t you? You’re 
  not seriously considering staying there while your best friend 
  on earth lies in a hospital bed; are you?”

  “What are you suggesting; Alex? Are you suggesting that this 
  is my fault because I didn’t see it ing? That she’s lying 
  in that hospital bed because I’m in Paris right now? That if I 
  had known she was hanging out with Benjamin again none of this 
  would have happened? What? What exactly are you saying?” I 
  shrieked; all of the confusing emotions of the night boiling 
  over into a simple; urgent need to scream at someone else。

  “No; I didn’t say any of that。 You did。 I just assumed that of 
  course you’d be ing Home to be with her as soon as 
  possible。 I’m not passing judgment on you; Andy—you know that。 
  I also know that it’s really late for you already and there’s 
  nothing you can do in the next couple hours; so why don’t you 
  call me when you know what flight you’re on。 I’ll pick you up 
  at the airport and we can e straight to the hospital。”

  “Fine。 Thanks for being there for her。 I really appreciate it 
  and I know Lily does; too。 I’ll call you when I know what I’m 
  doing。”

  “OK; Andy。 I miss you。 And I know you’ll do the right thing。” 
  The line went dead before I could pounce all over that one。

  Do the right thing? Theright thing? What the hell did that 
  mean? I hated that he had just assumed I would jump on a plane 
  and race Home because he told me to。 Hated his condescending; 
  preachy tone of voice that immediately made me feel like one 
  of his students who’d just been caught talking during class。 
  Hated that he was the one who was with Lily now even though 
  she was my friend; that he was the one acting as a liaison 
  between my own parents and me; that he was once again sitting 
  on his moral high horse and calling the shots。 Gone were the 
  old days; when I might have hung up forted by his presence; 
  knowing that we were in this together and would get through it 
  together; instead of as warring factions。 When had things 
  bee like this?

  There was no energy left to point out the obvious to him; 
  namely; that if I left early to e Home; I’d
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