Chapter 12, Paradox Ploy Summary

After Molly and Zane return to Zane's mansion, popping out of his television set, Molly begins to make physical advances to Zane. However, the advances are a disguise. Molly really wants to talk to Zane without Satan being aware. Under the guise of her sexual come-on, Molly points out that Sean's clothes were an illusion, something she noticed while trying to adjust Sean's glove. Zane realizes that it's true. When Molly pushed Zane into Sean, he felt bare skin, not clothes. The litterers, guilty of a minor offense, are sentenced to freeze naked on the frozen streets of Hell.

As Zane is about to leave his mansion, he is confronted by a brutish, threatening chef sent from Hell, who practically orders Zane to delay his plans in order to eat a meal. When Zane tries to leave, the chef...