Chapters 38 & 37 Summary

It is finally next Wednesday, and Tender has his "date" with Fertility Hollis. He thinks that if he can look really ugly, Fertility will see him as untapped potential. She'll see him as something she can improve. Instead of getting dressed up, he goes into his employers' garden and gets his hands, face, and clothes smudged with dirt. He has also not been answering his phone, out of fear that it will be Fertility. He doesn't want her to fall more in love with his "phone self."

He then goes to the cemetery to meet Fertility. The entire way there, he is hoping that Fertility will actually show up. When he sees her at the cemetery, she asks him if he misses Trevor a lot. At first, Tender couldn't even remember who Trevor is. Fertility then asks if Trevor ever told him about...