Less Than Zero

Clay next goes to a club called the Roxy, where he sees Trent, Rip, and other guys named Spin and Ross. Rip complains that there are too many Mexicans, and Spin suggests killing them. Clay does not tell the others where he has been. Spin comes into the club and explains that Ross has found something in the alley. Clay joins the others in the alley and sees a dead teenager with blood on his lip who seems to have overdosed. Clay overhears a group of girls talking about the body; while giggling, the girls say they must bring their friends to witness the scene. Although he quickly and casually turns the discussion back to the music being played in the club, Rip sticks a cigarette in the corpse’s mouth and suggests that they leave. He claims that he has something to show them back at his apartment anyway.

When they arrive at Rip’s apartment, Rip takes Clay to his bedroom, where he has a drugged and naked 12-year-old girl, whose appearance is graphically depicted, tied to his bed. When Clay asks about her, Rip says that she is 12 years old and goes to a local high school.