Chapter 21-24 Summary

Return to the post-game celebration where Sticky and some of teammates are driving around in the '67 Impala, "the buzz of the big playoff win...still spinning in their heads." They visit a liquor store owned by Milo, a good-natured guy that the kids like. He offers Sticky some Tootsie Roll pops, which he licks while swigging malt liquor—the combination reminds him of being both young and grown-up at the same time: "Seventeen instead of sixteen. Almost a man." Sticky and his teammates are so excited after the game they start reenacting it. While doing so, they walk in front of Corona Imports, a Ferrari dealership. They admire the sports car in the window, wishing they could own one. In a sudden outburst of both rage and triumph, Sticky shatters the window with a rock. Pursued by a police...