Yetta Hobbes narrates her unsettling family life, revealing her father is a dentist who has become a homicidal maniac, disposing of victims in calculated ways. Her mother shows twisted affection, preparing meals with unsettling ingredients. Yetta’s brother is generally kind but capable of extreme cruelty when he kills. Amid this dark household routine, Yetta struggles with typical teenage rebellion and isolation. As she leaves for school, she worries about her safety. At school, peers comment on her family's wealth, highlighting Yetta’s uneasy position caught between her violent family and the outside world.