Chapter 2 Summary

Now that Randy is not at home, Jamal is able to let his sister have the small bedroom for herself, and he has taken the pullout bed in the living room. The hot water has been shut off, and taking a cold shower is becoming an everyday occurrence. While eating breakfast, Mama reports to Jamal that Randy wants him to visit Mack. Mack has been in prison, too, but is out now. Mama doesn't understand this request and questions Jamal. She says that Randy wants Mack to tell Jamal whom to look out for in the Scorpions. Mama thinks Jamal has been hanging out with this gang, but he assures her that he has not. Jamal does not like Mack. Mack was with Randy and Willie Pugh when they pulled the stickup. Willie is fourteen. Mack is fifteen, and Randy is seventeen. Mack...