Thank you SO much for telling me about that post (which I hadn't seen).
Kristi also has left a comment on this story saying that she doesn't mention Manolos in Exit Interview when she, in fact, does mention them. Her mention is online on Google Books for all to see, and I sent her the page number.
I have no idea what she hopes to gain by all of this, given that her untruthful comment about the Manolos only seems to confirm very points I made in the story. Very much appreciate your comments