Summary

Jack lands at LaGuardia airport and immediately contacts his drug dealer in Chapter 31. He takes a cab to Chelsea to meet his dealer and buys heroin and cocaine before going to Russell and Corrine’s apartment for dinner. He took some of the cocaine an hour before he was supposed to be there and ended up arriving an hour late using the excuse of the flight being delayed.

At the dinner he is excited to see Washington and forgets who Nancy Turner is for a moment. Also at the dinner party are a middle-aged painter and his boyfriend Tab, a much younger actor. Jack dislikes the painter because he comes off as full of himself. A little later, Madison Dall, a famous indie-movie actress arrives, and Jack is immediately very attracted to her. The Calloway children appear and dinner begins.

Jack scoffs at...