Chapter 10

Contains spoilers

Overview

Scottie and Wilder head to the camp’s welcome dinner, navigate the sexually charged camp setting, and maintain their fake-marriage tension while privately getting along. They are seated front and center, meet their server, and receive mandatory conversation questions from Sanders, whose sudden appearances prompt them to devise a code word. The scene deepens Scottie’s favorable view of Wilder’s considerate habits and touches on his family background.

Summary

Preparing for the welcome dinner, Scottie worries the camp might be overtly sexual after their cabin experience. Wilder checks on Scottie’s injury, and they banter about her new black eye and their ongoing plan to appear estranged in public. They also joke about trading the erotic “prizes” in their cabin, reinforcing the camp’s adult theme.

On the walk to the dining hall, they agree to answer any questions about their mini-golf prize diplomatically. Wilder’s improv style clashes with Scottie’s desire to pre-plan, but they continue their playful back-and-forth while staying mindful of their cover.

Inside the dim, intimate dining hall with individual tables, Sanders greets them, comments on Scottie’s black eye, and insinuates the camp’s sex-positive angle. He seats them at a permanent table directly in front of the stage, emphasizing routine and visibility. Scottie privately reconsiders her coworkers through the lens of the erotic cabin amenities and reflects on balanced relationships.

Wilder pulls out Scottie’s chair out of habit, which she notes conflicts with their fake discord but reveals his considerate nature. He explains his mother raised him and Mika to be gentlemen, and Scottie recalls the family’s history, including their father’s accident and death, softening the mood.

Their server, Meghan, introduces alcohol-free dining (except two nights during the stay) and takes their matching eggplant parmesan orders, bringing sparkling water and garlic bread. She gives them a sheet of required nightly questions. The first, a whimsical prompt about superheroes wearing underwear outside their pants, reinforces the camp’s offbeat structure.

Sanders appears unexpectedly to check on them, startling Scottie. After he leaves, Scottie asks Wilder to warn her before Sanders approaches; they agree on the verbal code “colonel” (for Colonel Sanders). Returning to the question, Scottie offers a cheeky answer about superheroes’ costumes providing “extra protection” from prying eyes, making Wilder laugh and ending the scene with comfortable rapport beneath their public pretense.

Who Appears

  • Scottie Price
    protagonist; anxious about the camp’s sexual tone, maintains the fake marital rift with Wilder, reflects on her ex and on Wilder’s thoughtfulness, chooses eggplant parmesan, devises a code plan for Sanders’s pop-ins.
  • Wilder
    Scottie’s fake husband; attentive to Scottie’s injury, habitually courteous (pulls out her chair), references his mother’s influence, agrees to a code word “colonel,” orders eggplant parmesan, balances improv with their cover.
  • Sanders Martin
    camp leader and counselor; seats them front and center, enforces routine and nightly questions, emphasizes the sex-positive environment, makes sudden check-ins.
  • Meghan
    server (new); assigned to Scottie and Wilder for their stay, explains alcohol limits, provides sparkling water, garlic bread, and the nightly questions.
  • Butter Putter coworkers (Chad, Duncan, Finky, Brad)
    present in the hall; silently observed by Scottie as she imagines their engagement with the camp’s sexual themes.
  • Mika
    Wilder’s sister and Scottie’s friend; not present but discussed in context of their upbringing.
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