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On another day, Mom is preparing hamburgers and asks Catherine to ask the new neighbors over for lunch. Catherine dreads having David around to potentially embarrass the family, but Mom assures her that both she and Dad will watch David closely. Catherine goes outside and finds Dad playing baseball with David. Dad is throwing a ball and David is swinging and missing badly. Catherine steps over to the neighbor's house and introduces herself to Mrs. Peterson. Mrs. Peterson explains that Kristi, her twelve-year-old daughter, is at her dad's this weekend (implying the parents are divorced). At the same time, a bee lands on or near David, and David freaks out, throwing a tantrum and yelling. Catherine is embarrassed again, and quickly excuses herself from Mrs. Peterson. Mom must come to subdue David, and Mom and Dad have an argument over whether...