Chapters 41 through 53 Summary

The night after Katherine leaves Henry sits in his apartment drinking, sad, and trying to write. He receives a telephone call from a woman who wants to meet him. Arlene and Tammie, sisters, arrive within a few minutes. Arlene is thirty-two years old and Tammie is twenty-three years old. Arlene has long black hair while Tammie has a perfect body and long red hair. Both sisters are high on drugs and Tammie offers to sell sex to Henry for cash. He declines. After a few hours, they leave. A few days later, Tammie returns for another visit. A few days later, Henry visits Tammie at her apartment where he learns she has a six-year-old daughter named Dancy. Henry and Tammie talk, drink, and take drugs. A few days later, Tammie visits Henry. While she waits in his apartment, he runs out...