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OK, so that's the beginning.

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And--

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[CLAPPING]

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And what happens by
the end of the chapter,

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he persuades Bonnie
to take him back

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to Meyer Maslow, the head of
the organization's office.

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And there's-- and the chapter
ends with a kind of creepy

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little scene in which Meyer
rolls up his sleeve and shows

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him his camp numbers, and
makes Nolan roll up his sleeve

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and show him his Waffen bolts
and they have a sort of silent

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game of dueling tattoos, really.

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At the end of which
Maslow agrees to let

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Nolan work for them.

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And what Nolan says is I want to
help you guys save guys like me

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from becoming guys like me.

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So in other words,
he's volunteering

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to be a sort of
outreach worker to help

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convert other neo-Nazis.

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So and also by the
end of the chapter,

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Nolan has, Maslow
has talked Bonnie

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into essentially
adopting Nolan and taking

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him home to her
house in the suburbs

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where she lives with her
two teenage children.

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And the next section,
the next and last section

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I'm going to read is
written from the point

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of view of Danny, Bonnie's
older son who's 16.

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And I think there's
nothing else you

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need to know except for the
dueling tattoos moment which

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is referred to.

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"What's strange is
that Danny isn't

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more surprised to come home
and find some geek cleaning

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his nasty tattooed arms
all over the kitchen table.

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It's as if he's
been expecting it.

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In fact, it hasn't
been that long

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since he and Max
saw that Chandler

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show about the former
skinhead working

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with the famous Nazi
hunter in California.

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Danny remembers telling Max--"
Oh, Max is the younger brother,

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sorry, he's 13.

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"Danny remembers
telling Max, "trust me

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it won't be long until mom and
Meyer get a Nazi of their own."

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Now, Danny gives his brother a
look, did I call this or what?

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But Max has already
left his body,

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vacated as he tends to do
in tricky family situations.

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"Boys, this is Vincent Nolan.

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He's come to work with
Brotherhood Watch.

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He'll be staying with
us for a few days

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until he gets his own place."

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Danny says, "mom
can I talk to you?"

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Six words practically
guaranteed to make her start

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hyperventilating.

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"In a minute, honey.

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Vincent, this is Max.

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That's Danny.

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Danny, Vincent.

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Max, Vincent."

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Mom comes up for air.

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Max rolls his eyes at Danny.

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Does Max know what
those tattoos mean?

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Danny is often shocked by
the gaps in his brother's

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basic knowledge.

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"Mom," says Max, "take
a deep breath, chill.

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Say it again."

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It's one of those
annoying things

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that Max says to mom when she's
wound tight and ready to snap.

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And mom listens.

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She obeys.

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She gets all girly and
smiles and repeats herself

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more slowly.

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Normally, Danny resents
the inside jokes Max shares

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with their mother.

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What makes it even
more annoying tonight

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is that Max is too young to
know to skip the chintzy family

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humor in front of the guy with
the death's head and Waffen SS

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bolts on his arm.

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Obediently, mom pauses, exhales,
"boys, Vincent Nolan, he's

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come to work--" "Hi," says
Danny, cutting it short.

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"This is Danny," says
mom, "did I say that?"

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Vincent Nolan acknowledges
him with a nod

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that's more like a spasm.

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Has mom not noticed
that her new friend

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is Timothy McVeigh's clone?"

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Oh, the book takes
place in the month

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before the McVeigh execution.

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"What the hell is mom thinking,
inventing some demented tweaker

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to stay here until one
night high on crystal meth

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he figures out that
they're Satanists

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and God needs him to hack
them up and stash them

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in the freezer.

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How ridiculous that
mom's not concerned

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about bringing this maniac
home when she worries

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about every little thing.

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Danny fears that obsessive
worry is an inherited trait.

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Danny and Max keep sneaking
glances at the tattoos

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until mom catches them looking.

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"You guys should
have been there.

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The most amazing thing happened.

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Meyer rolled up his
sleeves and put his tattoo,

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you know the numbers from
the concentration camp near

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Vincent's.

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And it was so moving seeing
them together like that."

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"It was something,"
the skinhead agrees.

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The thought makes
Danny want to puke.

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Meyer and Vincent's
tattoos, tattoos

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in generals gross him out.

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Though, his friend Chloe has an
eyeball on her shoulder blade

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that winks when she
twitches her back.

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Just this morning
in homeroom, Danny

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longed to reach
out and touch it.

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Danny doesn't like Meyer.

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He's one of those guys
who don't have kids

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and thinks kids are
a waste of time.

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He can never remember which one
is Danny and which one is Max

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but he fakes it as
long as mama's around.

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"What grade are you in?"

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"How do you like school?"

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Mainly, Danny doesn't like how
mom does whatever Meyer tells

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her, how she's always
quoting the guy,

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"Meyer says this"
"Meyer says that."

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Meyer could be David Koresh,
the Jewish Charlie Manson.

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Danny blames it on the divorce.

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Mom needs to be deprogrammed.

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Naturally, some part of him
admires what Meyer does.

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Even Danny has to
admit that Meyer

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is trying to do
good in the world

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and make a positive difference.

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But whenever Danny tries
to tell his friends what

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the foundation is about, sending
aid to global trouble spots,

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keeping tabs on hate groups
at home, getting guys sprung

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from jail, it sounds
like such a downer,

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he's sorry he brought it up.

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Mom says what Danny knew she'd
say, "where were you guys just

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now?"

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"Does it matter?", asked Danny.

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"Danny, sweetheart, I've
told you don't answer

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a question with a question."

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"All right, we were out."

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Danny wants to answer
to make this easy on her

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but it's as if he's possessed
by a demon insisting

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that his independence
and self-respect depend

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on giving her maximum attitude
and minimum information.

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"Out where?", mom's
determined to drag out the big

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interrogation.

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"Mom, we were playing basketball
in the grade schoolyard."

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"Thank you, Max," says
mom, "was that so hard?"

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"Whatever," Danny says.

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"Anybody hungry?", says mom.

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"I could eat," says the Nazi.

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"Sure I guess," Danny
says, "no Chinese."

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"I was thinking
Chinese," mom says.

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"We had it last night,"
Danny points out.

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The most irritating thing is
she's so nervous she forgot.

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You'd think the guy was
a visiting rock star.

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It's how she acts around Meyer.

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Even though his mom
and dad fought a lot

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before the divorce,
at least they

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were comfortable with each
other like normal screwed up

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grown ups. "Then maybe
we should go out."

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Mom's voice has
that wispy tremble

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it gets when she can't cope
and makes Danny and Max decide.

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They're certainly not going out.

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Danny would rather starve to
death than run into someone

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he knows.

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By second period tomorrow,
it'll be all over school

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that Danny was having
lunch with a skinhead.

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By lunch, they'll
be saying the guy's

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Danny's mom's new boyfriend.

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"Pizza," says Max, "call."

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"Sure," says Danny, "why not?"

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"Will pizza be enough?"

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"Fine with me," the Nazi says.

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Simple.

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Mom picks up the phone.

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"What about toppings?

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Anything you don't eat?"

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"Nuts," says Vincent,
"any kind of nuts.

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I'm fatally allergic.

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I wind up in the hospital.

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I nearly died several times."

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"God," says mom, "how scary!"

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Danny says, "I guess
that kind of rules

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out the peanut butter pizza."

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