Part Two: Chapter One Summary

After their sexual encounter, David, with nowhere else to go, moves in with Giovanni. The days passed there seem almost surreal, as if time were not really passing, but more difficult, sadder times are yet to come. Hella eventually returns from Spain and David, with money borrowed from his father, leaves Giovanni's room. Until then, however, the two spend most of their time together. David does not hide his relationship with Hella from Giovanni, and Giovanni inevitably becomes jealous. He tries to convince David that she is probably sleeping with men in France. David, still struggling with shame over his sexuality, acts almost as if there is nothing but friendship between the two, but Giovanni purposefully makes it a point. David insists that whatever there is between them will end when Hella returns and that she must...