Summary

In Chapter Ten, most of Daron’s family was already at his house in the backyard for a barbecue. As he introduced his friends to his family members, all of whom he believed were misfits, he worried because he hadn’t told his friends they would be responsible for making their own conversation. He was surprised when they were all drawn into conversations easily. Quint even took up with Louis. Daron smelled the food cooking and realized there was no vegetarian friendly food in the coolers or the refrigerator. He found his mother in the kitchen. When he complained about there being no veggie burgers and then scolded her for flirting with Charlie, his mother slapped him on the face with the red plastic spatula she was holding. He went out to the front yard and looked at the spots where...