Hero

The Knicks game has just begun. Zach wonders if he can transport himself there. Something really weird has happened to him; he feels like he’s part of a superhero TV show or comic book. He badly needs Kate’s counsel. He decides to take a taxi to the game and surprise her to prove he’s telling the truth about what just happened to him.

He arrives at Madison Square Garden, goes upstairs to his seat, and stuns Kate with his sudden appearance. They leave the stadium and walk across town while he explains what happens. She believes him. Then she smiles and asks, “Are you gonna have to wear a cape?” (126).

Zach wants to talk to his mom about Mr. Herbert, but he’s afraid to admit he broke her rule not to visit the crash site. He also wants to learn more about his dad. (He already knows that Tom Harriman’s foster parents died in a car crash while he was at Harvard.) During their weekly Sunday morning coffee shop breakfast, Zach asks his mom if there’s anything unusual about his dad that he should know. He especially wants to know what his father’s life was like before he was adopted.