Chapter 11: Yardbird Suite Summary

November 7

CeCe sends Jazmin out at night to The Garden to get her a pack of cigarettes. She calls ahead to the bartender to tell him to look out for her little sister. On her way back, a well-dressed man who reeks of alcohol grabs Jazmin. Just as she's trying to pull away, a voice in the dark tells the man to let go of her. The drunk immediately releases Jazmin but she is still frightened because she doesn't know who belongs to the voice. Suddenly, Crew steps out of the dark. It had been he who had come to her rescue.

November 9

A big, black rat runs through Jazmin's bedroom that night. She wakes CeCe who goes into immediate action. She breaks a Coke bottle up and puts the shards down in a hole by the register. She...