Summary

Chapter 6: Rule 6 is told in past tense.

Julie had many long layovers on her way to Australia. The trip totaled 22.5 hours. She handled the flying part of her trip well, but she experienced anxiety in the airports because of the statistics she found while doing some research during her long layovers. She read that there was a man drought in Australia and New Zealand and that there are five women to every man in Australia. She identified with the stats because at age 38, she was beginning to feel like she would never find someone to marry. When she finally arrived at her hotel, Alice was there asleep. Georgia told her where she was going next and what a great time they’d had in Rio. Alice did not want to be left out, so she planned a trip to Australia. Alice dodged questions...