Jesse Summary

Jesse talks about how he liked to play with matches. He and Anna bonded over one of his little fires at home one time. She connects him to the family. Jesse drives along the highway and thinks it would be best if he died in a wreck. He wonders who would get his organs. He goes to Duracell Dan, a homeless man who collects batteries. Jesse brings him food in exchange for Dan's keeping his supplies, which include perchloric acid that he stole from a school lab and sawdust. He takes his supplies and goes to an abandoned building. With a cigarette and his materials, he sets a fire. He looks at the fire trucks and firefighters coming in. Through binoculars, he sees his father.

He comes back home. Sara is happy to see him. Kate has been vomiting blood, and he needs...