Adrian leaves for Chicago Monday morning. I know this because Victor sent a revised schedule Sunday evening with a note that said: Adrian will be traveling Monday through Thursday. Mandatory couple appearances suspended until Friday. Please use the time productively. Productively. As if the problem is my schedule and not the fact that I’ve apparently become completely incapable of going four days without seeing one specific person. I work on the Meridian proposal Monday. Sketch concepts, pull fabric samples, build mood boards across every available surface in my studio. It’s good work. Focused work. The kind of absorbed, total concentration I used to live inside before a certain billionaire started taking up space in my brain. By Monday evening I have twelve new concept pages and zero

