Summary

In “91. Wednesday 12:45 p.m.: Advocacy,” Natalie goes to fix her hair in class and when she returns the only seat available is the one next to Frank. Frank apologizes for his drunken behavior at the Sponsorship Night, and Natalie is impressed with his candor. In “92. Post Prandial,” Frank takes Natalie to the place where he lives. In “93. Simpatica,” Frank carries Natalie up the stairs and they have sex in his bedroom. In “94. The pleasures of naming,” Natalie compares Frank to Rodney and prefers having sex with Frank. In “95. Post-coital,” Frank tells Natalie that his mother moved to Milan after being impregnated by a Trinidadian security guard. He thus grew up in Milan as a member of his mother’s “storied family, rich though not as rich as they once were” (262). In “96. The sole author,” Frank refuses to be cast as a victim, though...