Summary

Starr wakes up from a nightmare about Khalil and Natasha and overhears her uncle Carlos arguing with her parents about Khalil. Carlos is a police officer, and he tells Starr she needs to come down to the station and make a statement. Carlos helped raise Starr because her father was in prison for three years when she was a girl. The Carters visit Khalil's grandmother Rosalie and aunt Tammy. They talk about Khalil's mother, who they cannot find. Rosalie says that Khalil was selling drugs, but he wanted to stop, and that he looked up to Maverick. Maverick and Lisa give money to Khalil's family for his funeral.

In Chapter 5, the Carters begin their day with a prayer addressed to “Black Jesus” [67]. Starr is supposed to go to the police station after school to give her statement. At school, Starr chats with her...