Chapter 12, Chapter 13, and Chapter 14 Summary

Chapter twelve picks up after Bekker, who is just coming off a two day speed binge in an effort to avoid his victim's haunting eyes. He feels like he has hundreds of ants crawling along his veins, making off with his blood cells. He has been pacing in the basement, and finally takes a scalpel to his arm in an effort to let the bugs out. He finally gets hold of himself by focusing on his need for more "medication" and calls Whitechurch, who informs him the police came calling. Bekker throws him off the trail by implying that he sold the drugs to kids on Staten Island and they meet two hours later. Whitechurch recognizes him, and Bekker quickly kills him in the stairwell of the hospital after taking the drugs. He then finds a woman...