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Billie - glad she was able to see past Keith's words and finally TRULY see what he really was through his actions - and what her life would have been like had she stayed with him!
Keith - punk to the 10th degree - how you gona let Carmen walk all over you? You claim you would fight for the house and your life if your child was a boy but you leave your girl child to be raised by a woman who is so unstable I wouldn't leave my dog with??
Carmen - I understand that West Indian mentality that once married you stay together til death do you part - but if you see your mama ain't happy and daddy limping WHY continue the cycle?? I tried to feel for ya but I couldn't. I would have left you sucking for air on that floor. Do what everyone else does - never grant the divorce but live separate lives like every other West Indian does only then when he dies a "natural" death show up at the funeral as the legal wife and cause trouble at the funeral home and hospital (LOL).
Destiny -I think this character needs a lot more disecting than I have time to do right now. On the one hand she is afforded all the "right" opportunites yet she is still trying so hard to be "down" by speaking ebonics and ends up doing worse than she might have had she just gone to Crenshaw High (is this entire genration of children lost?). She realized that her parents were better off apart yet she still resented her father for being happy with Billie....She is sheltered yet knew just how to get gangsta when she needed to?? I admit my revenge repetoire has improved since watching CSI but ole girl managed to go from zero to 60 overnight (but I applaud her for blowing ole boy parts up). Again - amazing how in the end all of her victims were all related to people through Billie.
I was disappointed in how neatly it was all tied up - I wonder if Carmen will ever realize that had she NOT dragged her child to the mall that day the entire chain of events could have been avoided. Keith sitting in the house staring at a poster instead of living life - well that's the bed he's made so IMO he doesn't deserve any better. I also wonder if anyone is actually listening to Destiny or if she still believes that "Baby Boy" should be her example of what a loving relationship should be?? So many questions EJD...you better refer to these characters again in a future book.
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