Summary

This chapter takes place sometime after the “Womanland.” Joey had been planning a trip to see Jenna in Argentina and explained to Connie that he was just stopping in the country before doing business in Paraguay (which is partially true). The reader is also told that Joey and Connie were secretly married shortly before this, and that Connie had been hiding her ring from Carol. Connie was quite distraught about this due to the fact that they were married, yet she could not live with her husband. While Joey discussed this with her, he accidentally swallowed his wedding ring after putting it in his mouth. He then went to the hospital, and the doctor told him that he would have to wait until it passed through his bowels to recover it.

The narrative then shifts into a flashback when Joey was speaking to...