Chapter 1 Summary

It was Father's Day when Noah Underwood visited his father, Paine, in jail. The deputy had him empty his pockets of everything, including a few coins and a stick of bubble gum. He was led into the room where his father was waiting. Noah wished his father a happy Father's Day. His father smiled and hugged him. His father was dressed in street clothes—not the normal jail jumpsuit. He asked why he didn't let his mother bail him out. His father said it was important for him to be in jail at that moment, he was proud of what he he had done. He wasn't about to apologize for it. It was quite an accomplishment sinking Dusty Muleman's boat—a seventy-three-footer. Noah's mother, Donna, was still angry at her husband. His father had been in jail before but hadn't visited...