Summary

Chapter 22

Craig is eating lunch as Humble asks him questions and rambles. Craig is amazed to find that the food looks appetizing to him and he actually eats a second helping, thinking that maybe an animal instinct is causing a small Shift for him. He and Humble talk generally about girls and Humble reveals that he, too, wants to die. He has been living in his car for the past year and it has now been towed. Craig is feeling good about himself when he sees three of the younger people beckoning him to join them.

Chapter 23

Craig joins the three girls at their table. One with a blue streak in her hair is particularly hot and is identified as Jennifer, while a big girl says her name is Becca. Another girl with cuts on her face, later identified as Noelle, leaves the...