Part 7 Summary

Julian still has not contacted Clay since the day that Clay took the money to his house. Clay tries a couple phone numbers but no one seems to know for sure where Julian is, possibly Malibu or Palm Springs.

Later that night, Clay goes to a party at Kim's house where he meets a high school boy, Evan, who claims to be a good friend of Julian's. To get more information from Evan, Clay takes the boy to a McDonald's after school the next day, and it's clear that Evan does not know any more about Julian than anyone. Hints suggest that Evan is a boy prostitute and thinks that Clay has brought him here to proposition him.

At a club a few nights later, Clay sees something that startles him. Written next to a couple dirty jokes are the lines: "Julian gives...