I watched Marcus as he slept soundly on his bed. Latrelle was already asleep next to him from exhaustion. Earlier he was watching his friend go out of his mind. I also covered Latrelle using a comforter after I arranged his own hand into a pillow.

I squeezed Marcus's face towel again with lukewarm water of the small bucket before putting it back on his forehead. I left them both to rest.

We hadn't eaten well before, so I went down to the kitchen. I had no appetite, so I just took some baked mac, graham and pizza.

"Girl, food trip?" I let go of the fork I was holding....