“This is exactly what They expect you to do,” Momma says. “Two kids from Garden Heights, acting like you ain’t got any sense!” They with a capital T. There’s Them and then there’s Us. Sometimes They look like Us and don’t realize They are Us. “But she was running her mouth, saying Khalil deserved—” “I don’t care if she said she shot him herself. People are gonna say a whole lot, Starr. It doesn’t mean you hit somebody. You gotta walk away sometimes.” “You mean walk away and get shot like Khalil did?” She sighs. “Baby, I understand—” “No you don’t!” I say. “Nobody understands! I saw the bullets
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