Chapter thirteen bounces around a lot and talks about many different things. The first thing to happen in this chapter is another flashback to the day Matt got hit by the car. He ends up surviving, but can't walk for almost a year. The doctors are surprised because there is almost no way to reach the kids parents and they are out of town. When Danielle's dad finally does show up, he reeks of beer and doesn't sympathize, but continues to use 'tough love'. He says,
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"'Dumb little shit,' Dad said, shaking his head, 'running around in traffic like that.' Which in Dad code, was a prayer of thanks that his child was going to be okay."

It then flashes back to Danielle's childhood. She talks about how there was no supervision when she was growing up, so she was able to do whatever she pleased. Her dad didn't exactly play the role of a 'father' in this book; not caring about her grades, how many detentions she would get, curfew, things like that. It talks about how she would steal money from her dad's gun cabinet to buy acid. Any time her dad would confront her, however, she would lie and he would believe her.

"I stood and went back to my room. leaving him to believe that Kelly was the only thief in his house."