Pucking Wild

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of gender discrimination, ableism, sexual content, physical abuse, substance use, and emotional abuse.

As Tess gets ready for a costume party Shelby is hosting, she hears the doorbell and gets ready to give someone a scare in her sexy devil costume. However, it is just a mail carrier delivering a package addressed to her. Knowing that the only people who know where she lives would not mail her something, she expects that the package is from Troy and opens the box to find the shredded remains of their divorce papers. The box also includes an envelope with the tabloid pictures of her and Ryan and a message saying, “Whores don’t get to make demands” (277). She calls her lawyer, Charlie, who speculates that Troy has someone following her in Jacksonville. After hanging up, Tess calls Bea, who still blames Tess for the messy divorce. Tess threatens to bring all of her information about Troy to the public if Bea can’t get Troy to agree to an uncontested divorce.

Poppy St. James, the Rays’ public relations manager, approaches Ryan while he sits and watches his teammates practice. Poppy asks him to volunteer for a promotional commercial for the Humane Society that will require him to read the card on a pet’s carrier.