Status Updates From The Lily and the Crown

Ah, so we're having this crash out before the reveal. Also, I saw some comments that the "twist" in this is too obvious but like... I don't think it's intended to be hidden from the reader at all? It's literally in some of the summaries I've seen for this. It's Ari who doesn't know, and her not knowing feels perfectly within the scope of her characterization. I'd be more surprised if she DID figure it out by now

The spiral Ari's going to go on over whether her Assistant used her when the truth comes out is going to HURT

I need to know if Ari is intentionally written as autistic because even if she's not, she absolutely is