Part Three: Chapters 43 - 50 Summary

Lester has found a house, away from the projects, that he wants to move to with LaVaughn and her mother. He woos LaVaughn's mother with descriptions of the carpeting, the big backyard, the bedrooms. Sure, it needs work, he says, but it will be ours. LaVaughn is horrified. She can't imagine leaving Jody, no matter how lovely the garden is. She also can't stand the thought of leaving her father's memory behind. Even though it means leaving the projects, she doesn't want to live in a house where her father never was. Lester says that there are no metal detectors at the schools and no one "hassles you for rent" (Page 148). Myrtle and Annie say they'll pray for God's will to be done in LaVaughn's life, but that doesn't make sense to her either: if God's will...