Khalid and Admond are in the game room watching football. They have been discussing the changes in their mother since she came out of the room with Eli.
Admond said Shanice looked like those people he saw on TV when someone had scared them to death. He asked Khalid if he had noticed that every time one of the men moved, their mother would jump. Why is she being so caring toward them now? Their mother is acting the way she did when they were younger. She stopped caring for and loving them a few years ago. He looks at the door. "She's creeping me out."
Khalid is thinking about what their sisters said about the man their mother is taking care of financially. When their uncles and grandfather have been supporting them for years. He remembers when they found out he was in the NFL draft, the
