Chapter 24 Summary

Helen is pregnant and comes to visit Winnie who has been in jail for more than a year. She is remarried to Kuang An, later known as Henry Kwong. She says he has connections and can get Winnie released. She is let out of jail, but later learns it was Auntie Du who threatened the authorities and got her out. Winnie sends Jimmie a telegram, sells jewelry and cashes the remaining gold ingot, then applies for a visa and buys three airline tickets for different departure dates. She does a last foolish thing. She entices Wen Fu to the telegraph office and gets him to sign a divorce paper.

Wen Fu breaks into her apartment and rapes her. He puts her visa and airline tickets into his pants. Winnie picks up his gun and threatens to kill him. Helen stops her. Winnie then...