Chapter Five CHAPTER FIVE June “Miles!” I bounced up to his desk and perched on the edge. “You will never believe the email I got this morning.” “I doubt I will.” “Remember that essay I wrote as part of my online dating profile? Well, one of the guys who was matched with me liked it and asked if he could share it on his blog as an example of a modern woman’s manifesto. It was pretty popular. I had people praising me as the next Gloria Steinem and others deriding me as a dried-up, bratty shrew—gotta love the Internet. Anyway, today I got an email from an editor at the Huffington Post. They want to run it as part of an article but have me expand on it a little. Isn’t that exciting?” Miles folded me into his arms. “That’s incredible! Congratulations.” “It’s due Monday, so I’m going to