that morning , she 'd called someone named violet , who said she would call someone named catherine , and before he 'd even left ava 's apartment , his phone had rung with a call from that same catherine , who had turned out to be someone from ava 's social circle at emerson-and someone who had treated him even worse than ava had-gushing about how much she would love it if he would come to their `` little soiree . ''