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He woke up that morning with a sick feeling in his stomach. He had cried himself to sleep last night at the thought of Molly and it had created a knot in his stomach. He hated himself for letting her get to him like that. He wanted to call in sick. He turned over finding the phone with his hands off of his bed side table. He picked it up and started to dial. Right before it rang he hung up. 'This would make him look weak,' he thought. He decided against it setting it back down on the table. He sighed, throwing his head back on the bed. 'It was going to be a long day.'

"Morning Daniel!" The moment the elevator doors opened he was bombarded with an array of mismatching patterns and clashing colors.

"Ah, hey Betty," He replied almost automatically.

"So I scheduled your meeting with Roberto Cavalli for the spring issue for 12:30," She said handing him a book. He looked at it. It was the Mode book.

"I found this on the floor this morning," She said.

The book, Cavalli.

"Uh, is Wilhelmina in," Daniel questioned as it hit him.

"Haven't seen her," Betty responded, a little confused at the randomness of his question. He nodded beginning to walk away.

"Well if you see her then please alert me," He said turning away from her.

"Uh Daniel," She called after him, "Aren't you forgetting something?"

He paused.

"Uh, oh yea, thank you Betty," He said as he walked.

She shook her head, bummed that he hadn't said anything about Y.E.T.I. She began to walk towards the closet to find her friend Christina when Marc got off the elevator.

"Ah Marc," She yelled stopping him. HE stepped back, appauled that she even thought she could talk to him.

"Have you seen Wilhelmina," She asked?

"No," He replied not even bothering to take his sunglasses of to look at her. "She called in sick. Why?"

"Oh, uh, Daniel was wondering," She responded.

"Ah, well, tell Daniel not to worry. She'll be back on top in a day," He said cracking a slight smile while walking away. Again leaving Betty to stand by herself.

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He sat there organizing papers on his desk. He looked to his left noticing that his lamp had been replaced. He set down his papers dropping his head into his hands as Betty sauntered in.

"So Roberto will be here in 30 minutes," She said checking her yellow 'Plada' watch. He didn't look up but grunted in agreement.

"Right," She said, ready to leave, "Oh and Wilhelmina's not going to be here today."

His head shot up, an interested look on his face.

"She called in sick," Betty said, remembering what Marc had said.

'She called in sick' Daniel thought! 'Had he really gotten to her' He wondered?

"Thank you Betty," He said.

"Yep," She replied pausing for him to say something. After a good moment she started to walk away.

"Oh Betty," He called after her, "Do you think you could cover the meeting with Roberto today? Something urgent just came up."

She squealed, disregarding his last comment, to excited to think.

"Yes," She replied!

He smiled watching her run away in excitement. He laughed to himself, grabbing his coat.