Novels by JaySop

London is not Newark with a British accent. London is Newark if Newark had money for 500 years and never stopped building and never took out trash and then put a crown on top and called it luxury. That's what Julie thinks when Maybach — not , Maybach, because Katerina Asher doesn't do Uber, Katerina does Maybach with driver who wears gloves — picks her and Eleni up from Heathrow business class lounge at 6 AM London time, which is 1 AM Newark time, so Julie has been awake for 22 hours, has iced coffee from Pret, extra shot, plus extra extra shot, but still jet-lagged, still wearing gold hoops, red lip, Timberlands with black hoop dress, because Newark luxury travels.Eleni is in fur coat again, September, London, 60 degrees, but Eleni wears fur when she travels for war, and this is war, family war, coming-out war, teaching closeted London billionaire how to be free war.Elias's Mayfair penthouse is Tribeca penthouse but colder, whiter, more marble, less Hudson River, more Thames River

At 3 PM, while waiting for Net-A-Porter to call back Door chimes, Julie LUXURY LOFT, bell rings, but not a customer, not Vivian, not Lisa, not Keisha.Elias Asher. Again. London cousin. Triple offer guy. But this time not alone. With a woman, older, 60s, Greek, fur coat like Eleni, but British fur, expensive British fur, with pearls, with assistant carrying garment bag.Mrs. Davenport, I mean Ms. Davenport, Elias says, British accent, tired like Tommy, but smile, I brought my mother, Katerina Asher, she wanted to meet the famous Julie from Newark who said no to my offer and yes to Tommy's for half price and then built the boutique that Net-A-Porter wants to copy, she read about you in the family group chat , your robbery story, your $27K order story, your hiring hater story, she loves your story, she says you are like her when she was young, from small village to London, building empire from nothing.Katerina steps forward, not shaking hand, hugging, hard, Greek mother hug, like Ele

The email that was supposed to be $27,500 turned out to be $0 at 8:47 AM Tuesday.Julie opened her laptop at JulieLUXURY LOFT with iced coffee, extra shot, plus extra extra shot because she had stayed up until 3 AM fulfilling the  order, sewing 100 black hoop dresses with Keisha and Amira and Lisa — yes, Lisa, former hater turned employee, now best steamer in Newark because guilt makes you work hard — 100 dresses, $27,500 wholesale, $275 each, math she had done 47 times on calculator, $27,500 minus fabric $8,000 minus labor $3,000 minus shipping $500 = $15,000 profit, first real profit that would let her pay health insurance for Keisha and Amira and still have money left to buy her mother new fridge.Email from Vivian Park, Net-A-Porter buying director, subject line: RE: ORDER #JULIE-100 — CORRECTION.Julie, Thanks for your enthusiasm and for the quick turnaround on samples. However, there seems to be misunderstanding. Our team approved 10 pieces at $275 for test, not 100 pieces. $2,

Wednesday, 7 AM, Julie arrives at Julie LUXURY LOFT with iced coffee, extra shot, plus extra extra shot because she stayed up until 2 AM sewing 10 more black hoop dresses for Net-A-Porter sample, hands cramping, eyes red, but happy because $10k order means she can pay Keisha and Amira full-time, $20/hour now, plus health insurance she is figuring out how to get as small business, because luxury without suffering means your employees also have luxury without suffering.Sign at the front door says OPEN, but door locked. She unlocks, and sees disaster.Someone broke in overnight. Not broke glass, broke lock, professional, Avi would say Mossad-style, but not Avi, because Avi is her family now, not enemy. Racks emptied. Not all racks, only her original designs: 10 black hoop dresses, plus red bodycon gown art piece, plus Leo's painting, plus cash register, $200 cash left overnight by mistake, gone, plus Net-A-Porter card, gone.Total loss: $6,500 inventory + painting priceless + $200 cash

Monday after NYFW Newark, at 9 AM. Julie opens up Julie LUXURY LOFT with iced coffee from a Portuguese bakery on Ferry Street, $4, extra shot, because she is the boss now but still Ironbound girl who knows cheap coffee is better than $8 Tribeca coffee. She unlocks, turns sign to OPEN, and sees line.Line? In Newark? On Halsey Street? On Monday morning?Six girls. All with phones out. One says, Are you Julie? The Julie from TikTok? The one who turned down a London billionaire?Julie nods, cautious, because Newark girls can be fans or can be fighters, you never know which until they speak.We saw your NYFW show on TikTok, the girl in front says, wearing Shein but trying to make it luxury, holding phone showing Julie's video at 102k views overnight. We want the red dress. The one with Timberlands, The Newark Luxury lookRed bodycon gown? Julie asked because she has one, the original, from first cover, hanging in back as art, not for sale, $0 price, because it represents her journey from

Show title on invite: LUXURY WITHOUT SUFFERING — BY JULIE DAVENPORT, FORMERLY MRS. ASHER, ALWAYS Julie Tommy funded $100k, no approval, but he came anyway, front row, with Mark, with Eleni, with Miriam Klein who brought contract to show front row that this girl went from contract wife to contract owner. Avi did security, checked list with iPad.Show starts, music — Jersey club mixed with Greek bouzouki, Eleni's idea — models walk on plywood runway that Keisha's boyfriend built, lights from Amazon, but energy is real, Newark energy, girls clapping, yelling, You better walk, Jayla! Work, Amira! Luxury is us!Last walk, Julie herself, in red bodycon gown from first cover, same gown she wore when she met Tommy first time, but now tailored to be hers, not borrowed, paired with Timberlands, not Louboutins, because Newark. Crowd stands, cheers, mothers crying, because one of them made it from Broad Street to runway without marrying for it, but because she married and divorced smart.After s