Chapter 64. Something She Wanted

Iris's message arrived while Diana was trying to reconcile a delivery date that appeared to have three different meanings to three different people.

She nearly left it unopened.

Then she saw the first line.

The Lisbon piece is ready. I'd like to discuss another assignment.

Diana read the rest twice.

It was a proposal for a short series about the places people made for themselves: workshops, small businesses, rooms whose purpose had changed with the people using them. Iris wanted Diana to suggest subjects and write the first piece before either of them committed to more.

There was no trip attached. No large promise. A fee for one article, a deadline, and the possibility of another.

Diana's hands went cold anyway.

Eva looked over the partition.

“What happened?”

“I think someone wants me to do it again.”

“Excellent. That generally means they liked the first one.”

“I have a job.”

“You had one la