Part 1, Fledgling: Chapter 9, He Knows If You've Been Bad or Good, So You'd Better... and Chapter 10, Walking, Talking, and Bumping in the Night Summary

Tommy has only had sex twice, and both times, he was drunk. He's terribly sexually attracted to Jody, and in his mind, he begs her to take him home. To Tommy's surprise, Jody asks him to move in together. Jody and Tommy leave the restaurant to walk through the city, and Jody exudes a confidence that she never had before. Tommy accepts Jody's offer to find a place together. She gives him instructions to find an apartment and get her car out of impound.

Jody has superhuman hearing, and she hears two men in a doorway ahead. She gets...