Chapter 19 Summary

Instead of visiting Randy, Mama decides to go to church. She takes Jamal and Sassy with her. As they leave, Mack is waiting for Jamal on the stoop. He asks Mama if he can speak to Jamal, and Mama says Jamal needs to be in church in five minutes. Mack recounts a different tale than what Jamal knows happened the night before. Mack says that Indian and Angel were pushing Mack out of the Scorpions, so last night he went to the park and shot both of them. He killed Angel and severely wounded Indian. Now he is the leader of the Scorpions. Randy is in jail, and Angel and Indian are out. The man with the money will need Mack to do his running. Mama comes back looking for Jamal. He tells her that Mack will lead the Scorpions and that he...