V Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 12, In which things are not so amusing Summary

Chapter 12, In which things are not so amusing Summary

The Whole Sick Crew is at a party at Raoul, Slab, and Melvin's place. Winsome is not there, since he had another fight with Mafia. He meets with McClintic Sphere and they get drunk and pick up Ruby. Winsome wants to get Rachel to go to the country with them, but Ruby says his wife would not like that. Winsome reveals that Ruby is Paola, and promises not to tell. They go to Rachel's but she is not there. Rachel calls and asks if Esther is at the apartment, but Winsome says she is not and asks her to come away with them. She sighs and asks if there is a note. Rachel had found Esther crying earlier, but Esther would not tell her why. Pig Bodine guesses she is pregnant. Esther goes to Slab and tells him that she is indeed pregnant, and Schoenmaker will not pay for it....
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