Valley of the Dolls

Content Warning: Chapter 12 contains a description of drug overdose and suicide.

Kevin has a serious heart attack, and his survival is uncertain for a time. As he recovers, he asks Anne to marry him, saying they will have an around-the-world honeymoon. He sells his company but keeps a place on the board.

Anne mentions wanting to stop in Spain on their honeymoon, and Kevin promises that they’ll try to find Neely there. Anne recalls Neely’s experiences after the failed TV broadcast. She stayed with Anne and Kevin for a while, but her intended short stay stretched for months, and her behavior became increasingly erratic due to her drug use. Kevin eventually put her up in a hotel suite, but she checked herself out and was arrested for disturbing the peace. After that, she disappeared, and Anne only heard rumors of her whereabouts in Spain.

Excitedly, Jennifer contacts Anne to say she is coming to New York and must tell her about the man who has come into her life. Though she is a successful actress with a new agent, the most important thing in Jennifer’s life is having met Senator Winston Adams, a widower in his 50s who, she says, loves her for herself.