The offer came through on a Tuesday in July.
Lina had been with Nova — with Carla — for eleven months. In that time she had built: three editorial credits, the Fontaine campaign, the Fennic campaign, the Kova catalogue, two brand bookings and one more in negotiation, and the Sylvia brand meeting that had turned, as of last week, into an actual brief. She had a body of work. She had a name in the industry that people used without her having to remind them of it. She had, in Carla's words, arrived.
The major agency — Premier, one of the three that operated at the top of the industry — had been circling since the Fontaine announcement. Their director had spoken to Carla twice. Now they were putting a formal offer on the table.
Carla called her on a Tuesday morning.
