Part II, Chapters 14-15 Summary

Chapter 14  is called "Mrs. Machado." Jack and his mother move into the large house of Emma and Mrs. Oastler, each with their own bedroom in a large wing of the house. Concerned about Jack's smallish build, his mother enrolls him in wrestling lessons at a gym where he is taught by a Thai kickboxer named Krung and a Ukrainian wrestler named Chenko. Jack is a good wrestler, but smaller than all the other students, who are adults. He is paired with an older woman named Mrs. Machado, who is thickly-built but short. 

It is summer and Emma's mother sends her to a camp to lose weight. Mrs. Machado is hired to be Jack's nanny while Emma is gone. While she and Jack are alone at Mrs. Oastler's she accidentally kicks him in the groin while practicing. She...