Story 6: Baby Doll Summary

The next place where Jeremiah finds himself with his mother is in Virginia, and the new boyfriend is named Jackson. Jeremiah hears the lovemaking between his mother and Jackson in a small trailer house, and he likes to call her Baby Doll. His mother plays along in the role of a pre-pubescent girl.

An episode in which his mother tortures Jeremiah with a car cigarette lighter held to his penis leads to a session in which Sarah applies makeup to Jeremiah's face. She curls his long blonde hair until they look alike in the bathroom mirror. Jeremiah later dresses up like his mother in a short nightgown and seduces Jackson. When Sarah finds out, she becomes insanely mad, and Jeremiah spends the night in an abandoned dog house. The next day, Sarah and Jackson take Jeremiah to a backwoods...