*

He shouldn't have been surprised.

Honestly, when Uncle Henry said that Mr. Pryor had swayed him back with a joint ownership deal, Nathan should have called Jack Pryor up and congratulated him on his manipulating skills. The white man always wins; That's what they want him to think. But he doesn't think that, not at all.

Tonight over a game of gin rummy, he tried to talk to Sam about it. All Sam could do was go on and on about how great it was of Mr. Pryor to give Henry such a big part of a business that's already off the ground, and how happy Dad is with it. He was so frustrated with his cousin that he lost the card game, three different times. That never happens, nobody beats him at cards. The only time he might ever lose is when he plays with Angela, and he does that on purpose.

Henry went out on a date tonight. Nobody in the house likes to talk about it, except Angela. Baby Girl could go on forever about that woman, simply because it's nice to have another person around who likes makeup and dresses. He hopes Angela doesn't get ahead of herself. Sam's not, he's not, he knows Uncle Henry isn't either.

They're fine just the way they are, just the four of them. Sam and Angela doing their schoolwork. Uncle Henry repairing televisions. And him, Nathan Walker, looking out for his family and making sure they don't get left behind.