Summary

Patricia's mother comes to visit her one day while she is dealing on her usual street. Mama has lost a leg and now wears a prosthetic. Patricia gives her mother money and they are about to get ice cream together when the police show up on a drug raid. Mama takes Patricia's drugs and hides them in her prosthetic leg. Mama and Patricia act like innocent mother and daughter visiting each other when the police question them and Patricia denies that the souped-up '82 Cadillac parked nearby is hers, suddenly realizing that the thousands of dollars she has spent decorating and detailing her car make it look like it belongs to a drug dealer. The police catch and arrest a group of other addicts and small-time dealers, and lose interest in Patricia and her mother. Patricia credits her mother with saving her from...