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Destiny is Jared’s stepsister, Phil’s stepdaughter, and Shirley’s daughter. At the beginning of the book, 17-year-old Destiny is pregnant and living in Phil’s apartment. After she has her baby, Ben, Jared helps Destiny buy groceries, and he also helps pay his dad’s rent, knowing that if he lost the apartment, Ben and Destiny would also be homeless. Even though Destiny has a baby, she is still immature: for instance, one weekend she leaves Jared with Ben and goes to a party for the whole evening, without telling Jared where she’s going. Later, at a holiday party, she impulsively kisses Jared because he’s the only person who treats her decently. By the end of the novel, Destiny and Ben move out of Phil’s apartment and into a shelter.
Destiny Quotes in Son of a Trickster
The Son of a Trickster quotes below are all either spoken by Destiny or refer to Destiny. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 9 Quotes
The money is for YOU, she wrote. I mean it.
Destiny’s having her baby soon.
My pretty, pretty enabler. Repeat after me: I’m not responsible for the crappy decisions of the grown-ups in my life.
Jared rolled his eyes. Love you, Nana.
Love you more, Cutie.
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Chapter 12 Quotes
Dylan threw up and Jared went to the kitchen and made coffee.
He sat at the island and turned on his phone again.
Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, Destiny had texted.
I hate my life, Jared thought.
He checked his voice mail, erasing Destiny’s messages as soon as he heard her voice. One of the messages began with a long pause.
“Jared?” Mrs. Jaks said. “I’m home. I need some help.”
She’d phoned two days ago. After the holiday parties, he couldn’t really remember what he was doing two days ago.
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Destiny Character Timeline in Son of a Trickster
The timeline below shows where the character Destiny appears in Son of a Trickster. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 7
...gets off at Walmart before walking the seven blocks to his father’s apartment. His stepsister Destiny lets him in, her belly bulging under her Minnie Mouse sweatshirt. Destiny gives him coffee,...
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Destiny tells Jared that his dad is back in the hospital—the medications he takes for his...
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Jared and Destiny bring some of the rent money to the landlord’s office before heading to Walmart to...
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Chapter 10
...Terrace. A Native man then approaches Jared as Jared checks his phone: 17 messages from Destiny. She gave birth to her son Ben a week ago, but the baby’s dad abandoned...
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...up on all the back rent he owed. When Jared arrives at his dad’s apartment, Destiny answers the door, her eyes swollen and red. She asks Jared if he wants to...
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Destiny is upset that everyone seems to be leaving her, so she asks Jared if he...
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On Sunday after dinner, Destiny goes out for diapers and doesn’t come back. Jared texts her, but she doesn’t respond....
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Destiny staggers home late the next morning with the diapers. Jared is furious that she didn’t...
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...in the fridge. Jared crashes, and when he wakes up, he has eight texts from Destiny, saying that she loves him, and that Ben misses his uncle. Jared goes upstairs and...
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Chapter 12
...phone and texts his mom a happy New Year. He also has 17 texts from Destiny, who assumed that he would stop by his dad’s place so that she could go...
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...to make him some coffee. Dylan throws up again while Jared gets apology texts from Destiny, and Jared thinks that he hates his life. He then checks his voicemail: Mrs. Jaks...
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Chapter 13
...guy until the alcohol and drugs, and Jared knows that if they lose the apartment, Destiny and Ben won’t have a place to live. Jared takes out his wallet and gives...
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Chapter 15
At that moment, Destiny arrives. She’s done her hair in curls and put on makeup—Jared realizes that he forgot...
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Destiny notices the cardboard poster of Darth Vader taped to the ceiling, which the guys from...
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Jared tries to comfort Destiny as she cries into his shoulder, until she kisses him. Just then, Jared is very...
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Destiny asks Jared if he wants to sit next to her, but Jared tries to play...
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Chapter 16
...next morning scrubbing the basement, concerned by a fuzzy memory of almost making out with Destiny. He gets more ranting messages from Ebony, and he’s glad that his dad is back...
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Chapter 18
...furious. Jared goes upstairs and finds his mom with bloody knuckles. She tells Jared that Destiny told her Jared was helping his dad. Jared’s mom hurls a beer can at his...
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Chapter 21
...been since his mom has been home. He knows he can’t call his dad—Jared helped Destiny move into a shelter with Ben, but Shirley wouldn’t let his dad answer the phone...
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