Meanwhile the tensions of the time are having their effect on Linda Sue Fenton and her husband Billy Joe, one of the many unemployed in the area. Linda Sue is tired of supporting Billy Joe and his motorbike. After an argument Linda Sue seduces Billy Joe's best friend Luke Herman as a means of lashing out at her husband. Billy Joe in turn finds solace in the arms of Anna Kovaks, a lonely young immigrant whose husband has been recently committed to a state mental institution.

Norma Lou's resentments boil over. She delights in dredging up those secret weaknesses that the "good" sister possessed in her childhood. In anger Norma Lou vows to gain redress for what she had to suffer as a child.

Norma Lou embarks on a campaign of excesses in the name of "kicks." Her final "kick" is to entice Linda Sue into bed with herself and Parker Greer, her companion. This soon pails. Norma Lou turns her attention to her sister. She conspires with Linda Sue and Parker.

In the wee hours of morning Jean returns to her room after closing. The conspirators leap from the shadows and Parker rapes her. Then Norma Lou embraces her. Suddenly Jean realizes that much of the base image she had of Norma Lou were really reflections of her.

In the morning she awakens to find Norma Lou and her companion leaving. Norma Lou has grown bored of it all, leaving Jean with a strange and newly stimulated yearning. . . one which she knows not where to place.



Passion in Hot Hollows