Question: what is the plot of the book tangerine

title: Tangerine (novel)
text: On Senior Awards Night , Tino and Victor attack Erik and Arthur as revenge for killing Luis . The football coach restrains Tino , but Paul distracts him by jumping on his back , so that Tino and Victor can escape . Paul runs back to his house , where a confrontation with a furious Arthur and Erik causes Paul to finally fully recall the memory he had been repressing -- after spray - painting a wall and wrongfully assuming that Paul had turned them in , Erik restrained Paul while Vincent Castor ( his lackey at the time , mirroring Erik 's relationship with Arthur ) sprayed paint into Paul 's eyes as punishment . Paul confronts his parents about their concealment of the event . His mother cries and they admit to lying about the eclipse , stating that they were only trying to ensure that Paul never hated Erik . Paul 's father finally breaks down as well when Paul questions whether they thought that would be better than Paul hating himself instead .