An Abundance of Katherines Chapter 15 Summary

  • It's awkward between Lindsey and Colin—you just can't just show someone your super-secret hiding place and talk about the meaning of life without a follow-up.
  • But then there is the issue of Lindsey's boyfriend: she is still with TOC and Colin has to work on his theorem, so they both have stuff to do.
  • Plus everyone is preparing for the Feral Hog Hunt in town. Instead of preparing outside though, Colin has taken up reading about feral hogs instead because, well, that's just how he rolls.
  • On the morning of the hog hunt, Colin rises before the rooster, gets ready, and has a meeting with Hassan in the kitchen about hogs. Hassan can't even eat pig, so he's not sure he'll kill one.
  • And they're off.
  • They meet up with the camouflaged crew (TOC, JATT, SOCT, and others), and inside the lodge SOCT gives Hassan and Colin the same pants and orange vests as everyone else.
  • First things first, JATT has a question about where he can shoot them: is it okay if he aims for the nuts? No way, no how says Mr. Lyford, a man Colin recognizes from their factory interviews.
  • The men go off with their guns, and no one speaks too much because that will deter the hogs. Mr. Lyford is pretty gun-ho (get it?) about tracking the hogs down and thinks they're on the trail, but Colin wants to slow down. Mr. Lyford goes on ahead, and the boys are thankful not to do as much hunting as walking.
  • Hassan asks for the mini recorder and says into it that hog hunting is so slow and boring; and then he falls asleep for a couple hours. Naturally, Colin's mind shifts to his theorem—he still can't get it to work for K-3, which bugs him.
  • Finally Hassan wakes up and Colin fills him in on what's going on. Then Hassan suggests that Colin call K-3 to make sure he's got all the facts straight, so he does.
  • And do you know what K-3 tells him? K-3 tells him that he broke up with her.
  • Colin can't believe it—being dumped by Katherines is kind of his thing, after all. He's the dumpee, and he can't believe he didn't remember this about his break-up with K-3 because his memory is his shining glory.
  • He calls K-3 back and says sorry for breaking up with her, that he hopes he didn't hurt her feelings. She's really nice about it—sure, he broke her heart, but it was a long time ago.
  • Colin is shocked by this revelation, but he can't focus on that because there's a brown-gray creature in front of them. The boys freak out. Is it a hog? A grizzly bear? What is it? Finally, Colin shoots it.
  • Then they notice something is coming out of the creature… and that something is hornets. Colin just shot a hornets nest.
  • The boys run and fast—they've got to get away from the hornets. Hassan incorrectly calls them bees, and Colin points out he'd know the difference if he went to college. Do we hear dingleberries? Yep, we do.
  • The boys are running downhill and they finally come to a stop at the graveyard. But the surprise of the day isn't over: there in front of them is Katrina—naked—with a guy.