“Are you guys close?” she asks. “I wouldn’t say that, but he’s known me my whole life. His mom is tight with my pops. We grew up in the same church.” “She was your pops’s sister?” “No.” “Oh. But then, how are you related?” “We’re not.” “Oh. Sorry. I thought—” she hesitates. “You called him your cousin.” “Yeah, he’s my play cousin.” “Play cousin? What’s that?” How am I gonna explain that to this girl? “People just be havin’ play cousins where I’m from.” After I say that, I realize it ain’t quite right. Marcus is more than that. His mom and Pops ain’t blood, but they are family, and that means
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