Summary

The chapter begins with the narrator telling the reader that Darlene studied at Grambling State University in Louisiana. The narrator informs the reader that while studying, she was part of the Sigma Tau Tau sorority and was best friends with a student and female basketball player named Hazel, who acted as one of the organization’s leaders and was the target of rumors insinuating that she was a lesbian. These rumors were eventually put to rest when Hazel and a basketball player named Nat entered into a relationship. Not long after, Darlene began a secret relationship with Nat. She told her roommate Kenyatta about the relationship, who implied that she would tell Hazel.

Nothing happened regarding the relationship until Nat brought Darlene to a fancy bed and breakfast when Hazel was supposed to be at an away game. They were caught by Hazel...