the chapter involves pimp lucius going home to see his parents, who turn out to be randolph and rosy. randolph is at first angry and doesn't want to let lucius in but rosy insists he come in. rosy gets mad at randolph and calls him by his middle name, douglas. the chapter continues with lucius explaining the mysterious phone calls he's getting and his need for money and a place to sleep. it ends with randolph answering the door again to find lucius' prostitutes whom he compares to en vogue.