Elaine was a mortal woman living in Paris and working as a high end call girl. When Tessa returned to Paris, she tried to reach her old school firend, and after days of trying, finally spoke to her and made a date to see her. She believed Elaine was working as an interior decorator in Paris. They had not seen each other since they were teenagers, and Tessa remembered her as beautiful and bright, that Elaine was crazy about art when they were in school, and assumed she must be doing well, when she found her address in a posh neighborhood.