Prayerfully, David finds a back-breaking job in a retail shipping department. With Shonte gone, he sets his sights, however lustfully, on the unrepentant exotic dancer, muse, and former flame, Red.

In the midst of loneliness, and professional despair the hope of success as a writer, and his desire to see Shonte again remain. With a little luck, David discovers the possibility of a love and financial life which he couldn't have dreamed.