Chapter 5 Summary

Lois and Jacy ignore each other through dinner, and afterwards Genevieve gets into bed and quickly drinks himself to sleep. Lois is annoyed by how easily Gene does this because she has to drink for hours before the liquor will turn her off, and she will usually just use pills if she wants to sleep. After dinner, Lois goes up to Jacy's room and watches her washing her face. She looks around Jacy's room and finds that every tacky photo and piece of memorabilia annoys her. Lois tells Jacy that she'd hate to see her marry Dwayne because after two months he would stop flattering her. She wouldn't be rich anymore, and she'd be unhappy. Jacy tells her mother that she doesn't care about money, and Lois tells her she is stupid then. Lois tells Jacy that she scared Gene into getting rich...