My Gorgeous Girlfriend- Scarlet Chase -life Sel... -

She corrects my grammar in the margins of takeout menus. That was the first clue that Scarlet Chase was not just gorgeous, but dangerous.

And every day, she is still painting her self-portrait. I just get the privilege of holding the brushes. End of piece. My Gorgeous Girlfriend- Scarlet Chase -Life Sel...

I’ve watched her turn a burnt pie into a “deconstructed rustic tart” with a shrug and a sprig of mint. I’ve seen her miss the last train home, only to declare the 24-hour diner a “pop-up adventure in human observation.” Once, after a job rejection that would have leveled a lesser spirit, she painted her nails black, put on Billie Holiday, and reorganized my bookshelf by “emotional resonance rather than alphabet.” When I asked if she was okay, she said, “Darling, I’m not okay. I’m spectacularly not okay. And that’s still a kind of spectacular.” She corrects my grammar in the margins of takeout menus

Scarlet is a walking contradiction wrapped in a silk robe. I just get the privilege of holding the brushes

They say you should never meet your heroes. But loving Scarlet Chase means waking up next to one—a messy, brilliant, gloriously imperfect hero who leaves coffee rings on the manuscript of her own life and calls it art.

That is the secret of Scarlet Chase. She refuses to be a single snapshot.