Part 4 Summary

It is now New Year's Eve, and Clay and Blair have arrived at Kim's house for a party. Kim is already stoned when they arrive and the gathering is only a dozen people, small for a holiday party. Clay is half-stoned and not in the mood to hang out with these people and wants to leave but is distracted when Muriel locks herself in a bathroom and the others burst in to find her shooting heroin.

At midnight, Clay hears the typical fireworks and celebrations from nearby parties, but eventually, he and Blair make it an early night and he goes home alone and watches some evangelists on TV.

The next day, Clay gets a phone call from Rip telling him that Julian is looking for Clay and will meet him at the Chinese theater later that afternoon. Julian never shows up and...