Summary

At home as he is getting ready to leave for school, Kofi takes an OxyContin, but he isn't sure whether the pain he feels is real anymore. He learns that his father has gambled way the rent money again and has called in sick to work that day. His father asks Kofi for money, but although he has a part-time job at McDonald's, he spends most of his money on food and family bills and doesn't earn enough to cover the rent too, so he is afraid that the family will be evicted again. His girlfriend, Dana, usually makes lunch for both of them and sometimes that is the only meal Kofi gets. After his father goes back to bed, Kofi's mother arrives home, having partied all night again, and still seems a bit drunk. Kofi is excited to tell her that...