- What's it going to be then, eh?
- Standing outside of the white building the next day, Alex recounts his last day inside it.
- It tires him out, actually. He has to endure interviews for TV, photo sessions, demonstrations, and then, finally, a nap…he's glad to put it all behind him.
- On an empty stomach, Alex decides to grab some grub. He witnesses the boorish men grab at a waitress who seems to enjoy the attention. He sits in dark corner to eat.
- A dwarf comes in to sell the morning paper. Alex purchases the paper – a Government publication – something about the upcoming General Election.
- On the second page, he sees his own photograph: the first graduate from the State Institute for Reclamation of Criminal Types. Ludovico's Technique. A crime-free era coming up! The Minister of the Interior boasts about how clever the system is.
- Alex throws the paper on the floor in a fit of rage.
- A homebound Alex looks forward to surprising his parents, all the while dreaming about the classical music he'll be able to listen to in bed. Oh yeah, nothing like a little Mozart in bed.
- He takes the bus to Kingsley Avenue, and then to the flats of Flatblock 18A.
- It is quiet, since it is early winter morning.
- The apartment complex seems to him a bit cleaned up. The elevator even works.
- Alex opens the door to his home with the key he has in his pants, and is confronted by three pairs of frightened eyes.
- Mom and dad and some stranger stare back at him.
- The stranger is the first to ask him who the hell he is.
- Alex's parents start questioning how it was that he broke out of jail.
- Alex starts to explain, and the stranger starts to huff and puff…
- Alex questions him now: how long he's been there, what he does. He looks to be thirty or forty, very ugly, very middle-class.
- Alex's dad interrupts to defend the stranger, Joe. He lives there now; he's renting Alex's room.
- Joe speaks up and insults Alex, saying Alex has been a horrible son and that Joe's been protecting his parents like a son ought to.
- Well, this is funny, because Joe seems to Alex to be the same age as his parents.
- Upon seeing that his stereo and records have gone missing from his room, Alex screams out in pain, calling Joe a horrible bastard.
- Alex's dad answers that all everything has been taken away as compensation for the victims, a sort of new regulation by the State. After all, after their keeper died, the cats needed to be fed.
- A baffled Alex sits down.
- Joe demands that he ask permission before he sits.
- Alex retorts with profanity, and instantly feels pretty sick.
- The parents speak up. We can't just kick Joe out. He's supposed to be here for more time according to the rental agreement…
- Alex starts to cry, feeling very sorry for himself. His parents have gotten used to the peace and the extra rent money after two years…
- Well, his dad says, Joe's already paid the month's rent, so he can't go now.
- Joe cuts in and talks aboutwhat a bad boy Alex has been and how he doesn't deserve kindness—or parents, for that matter.
- In tears, Alex speaks out about how everyone just wants him to suffer.
- Joe cuts in again, and says, basically, that what goes around comes around.
- Alex staggers out of the door, saying that he'll never be seen again. And that he wishes he were back in prison.