Summary

In Chapter 11, Skink has another bad dream which Richard wakes him from. Skink asks Richard about the crime Richard committed in Saint Augustine. Skink offers up his own secret, which Richard says he will not write down in “these pages” out of respect for Skink. Richard then explains he stole a skateboard deck that cost two-hundred dollars when his mother wouldn’t buy it for him. It was a deck that reminded Richard of the skateboard his father was riding when he was killed. Skink says it makes sense why she wouldn’t buy it for Richard. Richard goes on to explain that Malley pretended to choke on a Jolly Rancher, distracting everyone long enough for Richard to steal the skateboard deck and get away. Richard has never ridden the skateboard. Skink urges Richard to pay the shop back the next time he is...