Summary

Chapter 15 starts with a jump in time and Arthur and Miranda have a house in the Hollywood Hills and are celebrating their third wedding anniversary. They are celebrating it with friends, however. One of the friends is Elizabeth Colton, a beautiful actress who has co-starred with Arthur. They are having an affair. The other guests include Arthur’s lawyer, Gary Heller, and Clark Thompson, Arthur’s oldest friend. Also present is Tesch, a pretentious woman who only goes by one name. They all talk about the business and the novelty of Clark not being part of business. Miranda doesn’t feel comfortable around them and instead longs to be outside with her Pomeranian, Luli.

Arthur tells the story of how he met Miranda. While the others find the story on the dull side, Elizabeth believes that everything happens for a reason, as...