Summary

This chapter chronicles a conversation between Philip’s parents. Susan Malloy asks her husband if he has looked at Phil’s grades yet and Ben Malloy asks why Phil’s English grade is so low. She explains Phil claims it is the teacher who is the problem. When Ben shrugs off Phil not being good at English, his wife warns Phil could flunk the class. Ben says if Phil fails the class it won’t be the end of the world and then asks his wife if Phil qualified for the track team. Susan says she hasn’t asked him yet and maybe the track tryouts are the reason Phil has been so moody the past few days. She also tells her husband Phil asked if the two of them were planning to get a divorce, a question that shocks Ben. He says he will go...