▁gets ▁her ▁add icted ▁to ▁dru gs . ▁Tow ard ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁book , ▁the ▁author ▁seems ▁to ▁make ▁Whit ney ▁to ▁be ▁losing ▁more ▁of ▁herself . ▁One ▁night , ▁she ▁takes ▁an ▁over d ose ▁and ▁ends ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁hospital ▁with ▁her ▁family ▁around ▁her . ▁Her ▁mother ▁c ries ▁for ▁her ▁and ▁says ▁that ▁she ▁wants ▁them ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁better ▁relationship ▁now , ▁and ▁that ▁she ▁does ▁care ▁about ▁her . ▁Whit ney ’ s ▁father ▁is ▁angry , ▁and ▁her ▁sister ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁angry ▁that ▁Whit ney ▁st ole ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁attention . ▁L yd ia ▁sets ▁up ▁Alex ▁and ▁G inger ▁in ▁the ▁stri pping ▁business , ▁and ▁that ▁becomes ▁how ▁they ▁get ▁money ▁and ▁a ▁place ▁to ▁stay . ▁Sex ▁becomes ▁less ▁about ▁love ▁and ▁more ▁about ▁surv iving . ▁They ▁get ▁arrested ▁because ▁they ▁were ▁discovered ▁by ▁Veg as ▁Vice , ▁and ▁they ▁are ▁sent ▁to ▁a ▁place ▁that ▁was ▁supposed ▁to ▁help ▁them ▁get ▁their ▁life ▁back ▁together . ▁G inger ▁calls ▁Gram ▁and ▁finds ▁out ▁that ▁I ris ▁is ▁dying ▁from ▁an ▁ST D . ▁She ▁dec ides ▁to ▁go ▁back ▁home ▁and ▁take ▁care ▁of ▁her ▁sib lings . ▁Alex ▁stays . ▁She ▁is ▁revealed ▁to ▁be ▁pre gn ant , ▁and ▁she ▁says ▁that ▁she ▁will ▁be ▁a ▁better ▁mother ▁to ▁her ▁child ▁than ▁G inger ▁or ▁Alex ’ s ▁moth ers ▁were ▁to ▁them . ▁C ody ▁gets ▁into ▁business ▁with ▁L yd ia