Gary warned them, but he was just a kid.
Did Earl set him up? When the magician asked to be hypnotized and told to stand, he did. He pushed away his wheelchair and raised his hands to the heavens. Now that man and his mother were using Gary to make money. And at thirteen it was hard to understand subtle hints at sex and have respect from the adults.
Inside the mysteries of hypnosis and the swirling changes of youth, Gary is forced to grow up in a hurry. He has guilt that haunts him, and he doesn’t know if his father is a murderer or not. He’s ill-prepared for the likes of a ladyboy, death, addiction, and virginity.