Summary

In Chapter 24, Angie did not understand why Tyree was determined to teach Mastodon a lesson. She believed climate change was so bad "at this point Teddy Roosevelt himself couldn't turn the tide if he came back from the dead" (270). Even still, she told Ryskamp what she had learned from her encounter. He had recently rekindled their romance, realizing how much he liked Angie. After sex, he told her she had to wear a gown to the ball.

Diego discovered the Neo-Christian Cawks planned to kill him on the president's behalf. He considered suicide. Even if he got out, "Where could a man run to escape such infamy" (277)?

Mastodon was angry his tanning bed was under repair.

Elsewhere, Mockingbird confronted Keith: his fake flirting with Jennifer seemed real. Keith denied liking her.

Angie and Joel went gown shopping. On the way back from...