Part 2, The Kingdom of Momentum, Chapters 18-20 Summary

In chapter eighteen, Freelancing, Candy is profitable in the brothels, but ends up getting fired a lot. She downgrades from high class brothels to low class ones. She "freelances", or is a prostitute unassociated with one particular brothel. She and the narrator roam Grey Street to find clients. One night the narrator sees a young guy named David. David looks for gay sex and the narrator takes advantage of this opportunity. He lures David to outside his apartment building, makes him pay eighty dollars for oral sex and then hides. David eventually leaves, angry that he just got scammed.

The narrator and Candy move to Alexandra Avenue, which is along the river. They move here due to unpaid rent. Another night on Grey Street, a male client pulls up in a...