"You don't know that. I am your mother. I will do anything for you. You say the word and I will make it happen," I said, meaning that for the first time in my whole life. Tyler let out a long string of air with his nose.
"I don't want to talk about this with you mama," he responded.
"You got some place to be?" I asked. I wasn't going to let him off the hook. Tyler was quiet for a long time. His eyes cast down again, no longer looking at me. I wondered if he was just going to sit in silence until I gave up. I had opened my mouth to try to push him along, when he started talking again. It was barely above a whisper.
"I went into jail when I was 18 years old. Haven't been out since. By the time I was arrested...I ain't never been with a woman. Got close a couple times, but it ain't never h
