Summary

In Chapter 3, when Halloween came around, Scott bought more candy than necessary, but he figured he could eat what he did not pass out. His weight had dropped to 180 and he felt as if he were in the best shape of his life. He had begun working at home putting together websites, a business that was proving to be lucrative. He opened his calendar application on his computer and moved his one appointment for that year from May 3 to March 31. He estimated that would be the day that he would weigh nothing.

Scott asked a pair of his trick or treaters what they got from Missy and Deirdre. The girl’s eyes widened in shock and she told Scott that their mother had told them not to go to that house because the women were not nice. The brother noted they were “lesbeans” (68). As...