Chapter 20Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1977Cary's eyes burned with tears as he handed over his Hurry costume to E.Q. He felt like he was living a scene from a comic book, the one where the disgraced hero must hang up his tights while the arch-enemy who framed him for a crime he didn't commit howls with laughter.
Baron, Celeste, and Paisley had already turned in their costumes. As punishment for ambushing Grogan in the back yard, all four of the kids were banned from dressing up to play super-heroes.
The Nuclear Family was no more.
Grogan wasn't in the room, but Cary felt his influence like a haze hanging over everyone. He'd wasted no time ratting out Cary and the others to E.Q. and Lydia; he'd played up the extent of his injuries and hurt feelings so much that E.Q. and Lydia had sent him
