A summary of chapter 13

n Chapter 13, Manny picks Jus up to go hiking. However, as soon as he enters Manny's car, he can tell that something is wrong. Manny is not wearing his hiking gear and is instead still in his pajamas. He asks Jus if they could just drive for a while and Jus agrees. He tells Jus that his parents were just notified this morning that Jared's dad is pressing charges against Manny for their physical fight earlier that week. Manny is extremely blindsided and upset: "'All those years that man has looked me in my face and called me his 'other son,' and this is what happens'" (116). They decide to just drive around for a bit so that Manny can cool off. They are listening to music—a new Deuce Diggs song—and turn it up so loud the entire car is vibrating with the bass. When they stop at a red light, Jus looks over and sees a white man driving a Chevy Suburban giving them a dirty look. Jus turns down the music. He is uncomfortable—the look on the man's face reminds him a little too much of his encounter with Officer Castillo in Chapter 1. When the light turns green, Manny turns the music back up, and they drive alongside the Suburban until the next red light. At the next light, the guy yells at them to turn the music down. Manny teases the man, saying that he can't hear him over the music. Jus suggests that they turn the music down, but Manny says that he won't do what a white person tells him to do in his own car. The white man gets extremely angry and starts yelling slurs at them. Manny leans out Jus's window to insult the man back and then yells "Oh SHIT" (119).