Summary
Pharaoh runs home through a hailstorm one week after Craig's funeral
and discovers his brother doing what his mother always does when she's
stressed - cleaning. Lafeyette still has an edge about him that makes
him either find some activity to keep himself from thinking or he falls
directly asleep. He's angry that Larry, Brian's brother, who also lives
with them, does nothing to earn a.....
Notes
Lafeyette is in a world of emotional pain. He has lost two friends within
a couple of weeks, and he is having a.......
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
Summary
The four boys, including Rickey and Lafeyette, who make up their own
small gang called the Four Corner Hustlers, pose for a picture together
in jeans and Starter jackets with the sign of their gang - four fingers
- displayed. They all have smirks on their faces or narrow their eyes
menacingly, except one - Lafeyette. He looks as if he really doesn't want
to be there behind a stare that exposes his hurt and his loneliness. He
and Rickey hang out together a lot now and that doesn't bode well for
Lafeyette. They don't actually sell drugs like........
Notes
This is a chapter of ironies: Lafeyette belongs to a small gang, but doesn't really want to belong to it, Pharoah is.......
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