Chapter 7: Night Noise Summary

July 17

Jazmin is concerned about her neighborhood . "Death walks the streets around here by invitation." (28) She keeps up her hopes that miracles will keep her from danger. Timothy, a friend of CeCe's, had turned to drugs when he came back from Vietnam. He tries to hide his dirty syringe when he sees Jazmin nearing but she's not fooled. His suicide is just a matter of time. Jazmin and CeCe often must dodge bullets. One day when she is getting the mail, bullets come flying into the small vestibule. Had she been standing in the door, she would have been shot multiple times.

Jazmin and CeCe hold a poker game in their apartment to raise money to help them make it. The usual participants are there: Clyde from the record store; Goldy, who got has name from all the gold...