trojan horse

malin and brad were having a house party. it was fun and there was croquet on the lawn. malin was talking wide-eyed about how relentless the paparazzi were and how paranoid it made her feel. i thought, 'oh, it can't be that bad. it probably just FEELS totally invasive'. just then rachel zoe arrived and she had some kind of pewter horse statue under her arm. she handed it to malin as they traded air kisses. brad and malin exchanged looks and brad whisked it off and placed it under a cushion on the couch. there were tons of children underfoot and i kept skimming a hand through their silky heads as they flew by. shawn came with her daughter and i was thinking that google had mined my info again because i hadn't invited her. we sat and chatted and watched as her kid joined the others in play. brad motioned for me to follow when the security guy came to check out the horse. brad stood back and the security guy turned it this way and that until it's neck sprang open. brad took a step back and nodded for me to look inside. when i peered into the hollow body cavity i saw a camera. i jumped back like i'd been sprayed with water. brad gave me a 'told you..' look and i realized my mouth was hanging open. after that a big ruckus ensued and rachel zoe kept trying to plead her way out of it saying things like it would ruin her career if people found out. malin said, 'guess you should have thought of that before you tried to use us'. rachel zoe left in tears.

later i asked brad why he even suspected the horse. he said, 'no one brings an unwrapped gift to a garden party'.