Part I: Section 16 Summary

Kathy realizes that Lester has gone from being a distraction to the main event. On schedule, he picks her up for their "proper date." Both have dressed up, Kathy now hobbling in heels. Making table talk, Kathy mentions her former coke habit and asks Lester if he's ever done anything illegal. His answer: once, he had planted evidence.

Kathy orders a bottle of chardonnay for him and, deciding that her addiction problem had only been coke, has a glass herself. She says "let's dance"; he says "your foot"; they laugh. Kathy then asks Lester about his wife. He answers that she thinks he's on overnight duty. He also says that they have a son and daughter and that, for the past seven years, he's only loved her like a sister. Later that night she told him a lot about...