Chapter 13 Bud, not Buddy!

Chapter 13 Everyone in the band gets really quiet. A man named Jimmy recognizes a connection between Bud and the telegram Calloway received. Snapping out of his shocked daze, Calloway scolds Bud for accusing him of being his father and asks where his mom is. Bud tells Calloway his mom is dead, and Jimmy tries to find out if Bud has any family or if he is from an orphanage. Bud answers in a roundabout way so that they won't send him back to the Home.

Chapter 13 Kind of frustrated with Bud's answers, Jimmy sends him away so the band can talk. Jimmy calls Bud over and tells him that the band will feed him, but then he's got to tell them the truth. Bud agrees. He has never eaten in a restaurant before. This one is the best restaurant in Flint and is called the Sweet Pea.

Chapter 13 Calloway makes it really clear that he wants nothing to do with Bud or his story. Bud starts to wish one of the other guys were his dad, since Calloway isn't very nice. Jimmy goes off with Calloway. Since Bud is going to ride with the other band members, he helps load their gear. Doug "the Thug" teases Bud and tries to egg him on into getting in more trouble with Calloway, but Bud is too smart for that.

Chapter 13 Steady Eddie sets the record straight so that Bud doesn't go and make Calloway really mad. Then, believe it or not, Bud breaks one of his Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself (number sixty-three): never say something bad about someone you don't know, especially around strangers…

Chapter 13 He says that it is "just my luck […] to find my daddy and he turns out to be a mean old coot," and then regrets it (13.78). Thug pretends to jot it down. Steady Eddie sticks up for Bud against Thug, who keeps teasing him.