Summary

Chapter 9 – “Eleanor and the Children of God” – is told from the perspective of Eleanor, the actress playing Janice the evil girlfriend in Mister Monkey the Musical. During the evening’s performance, Adam grabs hold of Margot’s leg on stage and everyone worries that he is going to hurt her.

Earlier that day Roger held a meeting to tell everyone that Mister Monkey will only run for another two weeks because they are not selling enough tickets. This is bad news for everyone in the production, except for Eleanor who deliberately only appears in shows that she thinks will have a short run. Eleanor has a day job as an ER nurse and she performs as a passion, not as a career. Eleanor has spoken with Roger about her fear that Adam might hurt Margot, but Roger has brushed her off.

Eleanor often deals...