Summary

In Part Two, Chapter 6, one night "the previous winter," Christina looked at herself in the mirror of the yoga studio bathroom and saw a "female gargoyle" looking back (49). She had taken another Blue Telephone pill. The drug was a "designer concoction" made in a Memphis laboratory (49). The more she took it, the more it warped her sense of spacetime (50).

In an attempt "to straighten up," Christina joined the yoga class (51). During the session, she noticed an unfamiliar guy. He seemed weak and easy to manipulate. They started talking and left early together. The guy needed something to eat. Christina agreed to take him for "a beer and a hamburger" (55). At the bar, she learned that his name was Ludlow. He had not eaten in a long time because he did not have a job or a home. He snuck into people's houses while...