Punkzilla Chapter 15 Summary

March 12, 2008

  • Jamie has been trying to call P for days, but he gets a message saying P's phone has been disconnected.
  • Lewis gave him a shower and dinner and forty bucks, and he's hitched another ride. He's on his way to Memphis by way of Lisco, Nebraska, where this obese guy named Luther is taking him.
  • By convincing a woman behind the desk at a Best Western that his dad was on his way to pay for the room, Jamie scored a free night. He even raided the minibar.
  • The next morning, after sneaking out of the motel, he had breakfast at a restaurant called Country Kitchen, which he paid for with money from his sock.
  • While he was eating, a guy showed up and asked if Jamie was a model. Because, you see, this guy is totally a legit photographer, and he'll give Jamie a hundred bucks to model for him.
  • Jamie, being the daredevil he is, rode thirty miles east with the guy to his studio in the back of a locksmith's office.
  • You might be thinking Jamie's about to get serial-killed, but surprisingly, you're wrong. The guy really is a photographer, and he really does just take (clothed) pictures, and he really does give Jamie the money.
  • Nuts, right? We totally didn't see that ending well either… Whew.
  • After the photo shoot, Will (which is the guy's name) drove Jamie to Ogallala, Nebraska and dropped him off at a restaurant.
  • Jamie proceeded to drink the stolen minibar contents, and even though he's still far from Memphis and unsure where his next ride is coming from, he's feeling pretty good.