Chapter 8 Summary

By the time Chapter Eight begins, Eddie has grown tired of living in fear of Angel. He decides to find Angel to "mess him up before he got [Eddie], a sort of Golden Rule for homies" (126). The chapter begins with Eddie imagining that someone is calling his name, but every time Eddie looks, no one is there. Even the creaking of the floorboards seems to make him nervous these days.

Eddie goes to Angel's house, but rather than approaching the front door, Eddie sneaks in through the back yard and attempts to ambush Angel. It just so happens that Samuel is at Angel's house at the same time, somthing Eddie had not counted on. Eddie gets a few good hits on Angel, accusing him of killing Jes's, which Angel vehemently denies. Samuel tries to help Angel, at the same time settling his own...