James St. Clair is an actor whom Addie meets in New York some time before the novel’s present day. Addie stays at his New York apartment when she knows he’s out of town for a shoot. James is gay, but he and Addie have immediate chemistry as friends. They spend a whole day together and then return to James’s apartment, where they eventually fall asleep beside each other in bed. Addie leaves before James wakes the next morning, knowing she won’t be able to handle the sadness and disappointment that will hit her once James—a person she thinks she could have been friends with, had she never been cursed—wakes up and fails to remember her or the nice time they shared together.