Joan is graduating from the asylum and is going to room in Cambridge with Nurse Kennedy, whose roommate has just moved out. Esther was accepted back into her college academic program with Mrs. Guinea's scholarship, but she will continue to live at the asylum for the winter. Her doctors don't want her to live with her mother.
She at last has her chance to have sex with a man, a professor of mathematics named Irwin, a full professor at age 26. Ever since she learned about Buddy's sexual adventure, her virginity has felt like a millstone around her neck.
Intercourse is painful for her and once it is over, Irwin goes to the bathroom and takes a shower. However, Esther is bleeding profusely. At her request, Irwin drives her to Joan's house. Joan calls a.....
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