Chapters 18 - 23 Summary

Chapter 18:

While Anne-Marie gets ready to go out, Dean pages through one of her magazines and complains that she should not read such things. She agrees and says that she should perhaps read books instead and mentions that she has read Proust, a French writer popular among intellectuals. Dean is surprised and hesitant to believe her. He tells her to wear less lipstick and they go to a shop to purchase a bra for her. Dean feels a little awkward, for he is the only man in the store. She takes him into the changing room with her and tries on several in front of him, leaving it up to him to determine which is the best. They go back to their room and, after she changes into her new clothes, she performs oral sex on him for the first time...