Chapters 11-12 Summary

Chapter 11 - Red Rover

Chappie has a tearful reunion with his mother, but it soon sours when he learns that she intends to work things out and return to Ken. Chappie cannot find the courage to reveal his secret about the sexual abuse Ken had subjected him to for years. He calls Ken a pervert and demands that his mother choose between the two of them. After a heated argument, during which his mother says that his delinquency was the cause of her problems with Ken, Chappie's mother tells him that she will not let him bully her into leaving Ken and that he had better leave.

Chapter 12 - Over the River and Through the Woods

Chappie visits his grandmother. He stomps about her house, paying little attention to her and misbehaving in general. He asks her for fifty bucks, but...