In the afternoon Paul and Mom drive out Route 22 and go to the family’s climate-controlled storage bin. At school he doesn’t see the other science group members. He doesn’t talk about it with Mom either. Paul wants to find out if Dad saw what happened yesterday, but he cannot bring himself to mention it. The look that passes between Erik and Paul gives Paul and the reader a glimpse into Erik’s mind. This foreshadows what happens the next day. Paul replays the scene that just took place in his mind, feeling sick.Īrthur shows how he quickly jumps to violence in a confrontation. follows them after exchanging a pained look with Paul. He and Theresa exit through the gate and Henry D. Paul knows that Dad is home early today and he wonders if Dad saw what transpired.
Paul also sees some movement at the patio door. Before he leaves, Erik gives Paul a look that surprises him, a look of something like sorrow or fear.Īs Paul turns his attention to Tino he sees that Erik’s varsity ring has struck Tino below the ear. After that, with Tino laying in the grass, Erik and Arthur head for the gate. Erik hits him hard in the face with the back of his hand. Tino mentions the time that Erik went flying through the air, the time that he was on television.
Erik tells Arthur that they won’t need it. As Tino confronts the two, Arthur pulls something that looks like a blackjack out of his gym bag. Paul wants Tino to overlook their comments. While they are in the back yard, Erik and Arthur arrive. The group goes into the back yard with a soccer ball. It doesn’t take the group as long to make decisions about how the final report should look as it takes Wayne to complete the spraying.
Today the science group, Henry D., Theresa, Tino and Paul, get a ride from the school to Paul’s house in Henry D’s brother, Wayne’s truck, which has his mosquito spraying trailer attached.
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