Kurt holds one of the most crucial and valued jobs in the beach side town he lives in, The Point. Although he’s only a teenager, Kurt’s been tasked with escorting his mother’s drunk party guests back to their houses at the end of each of her parties. It’s a job he’s done since he was ten years old so by now he learned all of the important trade secrets; e.g, to escort the drunk guest through the back entrance as opposed to the front. He enjoyed the responsibility at first but as he’s found himself doing it more frequently because of the death of his father and his mother’s growing drinking habit, he no longer finds it as exciting.  
As Kurt braved the fierce winds with his customer for the evening, Mrs. Gurney, he reveals one of the more important lessons he’s learned over the years. It’s pertinent that he keeps the customers focused on the task at hand and away from the ‘black hole’ as he refers to it as. If their minds start to wander to all of the problems in their lives they’ll feel a sense of determination to fix it right there in the moment instead of focusing on making their way home. Despite the age gap between Kurt and his customers, they often switch rolls. While he becomes more authoritative, they revert back to a child-like state, unable to think or do much on their own. 
Throughout their trip, Kurt is in a constant battle with Mrs. Gurney. Not only does she take several detours along the beach, she also throws up on herself, takes her clothes off and tries to lose them in the wind in addition to crying about her late husband. Kurt is aware that he is losing Mrs. Gurney to the black hole but his attempts to bring her back are proving useless. After almost being coerced by both himself and Mrs. Gurney to have sex with her, Kurt catches himself and is finally able to persuaded Mrs. Gurney to complete the journey to her house. 
By the time Kurt got back to his house, the party was beginning to wind down but it was still too loud for him to go back to sleep. Instead he read the letters his father sent to his mother while he was a medic during the Vietnam war. Kurt gets lost in a stream of memories of his father and ends up at the image of his father’s half blown up head in their driveway. It keeps him up for the rest of the night.