A woman contends with her decision to have the equivalent of gastric bypass surgery. Her estranged daughter insists that it is dangerous, but the woman’s three sisters have had the surgery and claim it has changed their lives. The woman remembers her mother’s advice to only ever eat eight bites and decides to have the surgery. After her surgery, she notices a strange presence in her house. Once she confronts the presence, she realizes it is the corpse of her old body fat. She often abuses the body fat, kicking and screaming at it. However, over time, the two come to live in harmony. One day, the woman dies and is reunited with her fat. She realizes how abusive she was to her old body, saying, “I’m sorry […] I didn’t know” (168).