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gotten so far.”
    â€œAnd that’s why I decided to come here, Reecy . . . when I heard he took my advice.”
    â€œYou didn’t have a thing to do with it, Toy,” Jalen told him. “Stop trying to get in, man.”
    Toy tried to brush Jalen off. “Like I said, when I heard he was going pro, I wanted to come over and let your mother know everything she will be up against.”
    I didn’t notice until then, but our phone had been ringing off the hook since I walked back in the house.
    â€œMom, aren’t you going to get that?”
    â€œBaby, that phone has been ringing like that since you left.”
    â€œWhy?”
    â€œI don’t know. I just called a few people, told them about your decision, and ever since, it won’t stop ringing.”
    â€œReecy, you want me to get it?” Tori asked.
    â€œReecy?” Jalen looked at my mom, waiting for her to blow, but it never happened.
    â€œTori, take a message for me, baby, okay.”
    Tori looked at Jalen and smiled then walked into the kitchen to get the phone.
    â€œLike I was saying, I think it’s time you sit down and start to look at things from a business perspective.”
    My mother asked, “Like what, Toy?”
    â€œAnd what makes you think I wanna sit down with you?” I asked him next.
    â€œThat’s what I’m saying,” Jalen added.
    â€œBecause you should, young brother. I’m from the hood. I understand your needs, and I’m qualified to tell you the odds and ends of marketing on the pro level that will enable you to maximize your profits.”
    â€œOh, the money. Now we’re getting down to it,” I told him
    â€œBut you’re not saying anything, Toy. What do you want from my son?”
    â€œReecy, you know I only want the best for him and, of course, you. I want to represent L . I want to be his agent and get him the most money from the team that drafts him, and endorsements that are sure to follow. Look at the boy! Tell me he couldn’t sell anything you put in his hands.”
    Tori walked back in and gave my mother a written message from the phone call. Then the phone started to ring again, and she went back to it.
    My mother asked him, “So when do you want us to sign?”
    â€œThe sooner the better. It’s time to get on the phone now.”
    â€œAnd you care about my son?”
    â€œLook, I still remember him getting in the way on the courts when I was trying to ball,” Toy told her.
    â€œWell, if you cared anything about him, Toy, you wouldn’t be here trying to get him to sign. You know just as well as I do, if something happens where he doesn’t get picked up in the draft or gets hurt beforehand and signs with an agent he won’t be able to go to college.”
    Toy laughed from embarrassment after the words he was searching for couldn’t come out. “But, look, he’s a sure thing.”
    Moms told him, “Good-bye, Toy.”
    â€œBut—”
    I opened the door for him. “You heard her. Later.” I sat down on the couch, already tired of the drama.
    Tori came back in with another message, and Jalen sat on the floor next to the front door.
    My mother started to read the messages.
    â€œCan you believe people asking me for a loan? They want to know, when you get your contract, can I loan them some money. I tell you, people are a trip.” She looked over at me. “So what did your father have to say?”
    â€œForget him. I ain’t trying to talk about what he saying. I don’t even know why I went over there in the first place.”
    â€œThat was my fault, man. I thought he might want to hear about it, you know. I guess I was thinking about my pops and how he hates to hear what I’m doing out in these streets by somebody other than me,” Jalen said.
    â€œTell me what he said,” Mom pushed.
    â€œIt wasn’t really his father,” Tori let her know.