"Killings, thieves, liars, and nuts" is the title of this chapter's opening scene. It's set in the early '80s in Florida, and it's about a kid who's been kicked out of school because his mom threw away all of his school pictures. The kid's name is derek, and he's from a poor family. He's got a trophy from school, but he hasn't gotten it back yet. He needs to get back to his mom ASAP. He asks the kid operator at the inn where he can get his mom's phone number. Derek doesn't seem to be having any of it. He says he'll be back soon, but first, he wants to ask his mom how she's doing. She's not doing too well, he says, so he'd better ask her. He tells her to ask her mom how he can help her today. He warns her not to get too excited about the deal they made with the monster, because if he has to wait for his mom, then he can kill all of them. He also warns her to be careful about telling him what she knows, since if he had to wait, he would have to kill everyone in the room. He then tells derek that his mom could be dead, and that he hasn1t checked on her yet. They've been running the monster around all night, and they haven1t brought him back yet, because they didn1t think it was a good idea to bring him back. They have some problems, too, because his boyfriend was shot by the monster back in the night. They don1t know where the money and the coke are, so they're trying to get everything back from his mom. He remembers the time he said he wouldn1t hurt anyone, and now that he1s dressed like