Summary

In Chapter 5, the focus switches back to Ani as an adult. In a group meeting with her boss. Ani and the others are tempted with cookies. Although it was Ani’s idea, Eleanor suggested a story about the face of sexual harassment in 2014. Lolo yawned at Eleanor’s suggestion for a headline but Ani spoke up with the one she had already come up with for the story. Ani noticed a vein throbbing in Lolo’s forehead when she suggested Ani pass her research to Eleanor. In a switch to the present tense, Ani wonders if Lolo is more aware of Eleanor’s lack of talent than she lets on.

Eleanor approached Ani later at her desk apologizing for taking her idea. As Eleanor perched on the side of Ani’s desk Ani positioned her pen so that it left marks on Eleanor’s...