Finally we had managed to reached Harlem safely. When we got to a street someone was waiting at a corner. His name was Steel. He was apparently sent there in place of Chain. We followed Steel to the Lodging House. When we got there people were already there in the room.

"Heya Spot, haven't seen ye fer a while." one smiled. "Hey it's Jack!"

"Hey who's de goil? An who's is she?" another asked.

"Oh dis is Angel an Kevin. Dats Chain, Spits, an Flash." Jack introduced.

"Nice te meet ye." the called Flash smiled at me.

"Nice te meet ye an I ain't something that belongs te people." I smiled back. "Are ye surre we can trust em?" I asked Spot as they headed towards the table in the room.

"Ye can neva be surre when yer dealin wit Chain." Spot whispered back.

"So who's playin foist?" Jack asked eagerly.

"Well you an Spot's playin wit me an Spits." Flash said.

"Now ain't dis gonna be fun!" Spot announced starring at Spits. "We played wid im last time an he cheated. How do we know dat he ain't gonna cheat again?"

"Look de last time we was playing I was wit some kid from Queens an he wasn't any good so dat was de only way I could win. Besides I needed de money." Spits retorted.

"Oh yea well who doesn't?" Spot argued.

"I can play!" Kevin butted in.

"Nah ye know whudd. I'll watch im Spot. How bout dat? If he cheats I'll let ye know." Race volunteered. "Kevin ye git te watch de game an mebe play if yer sista'll let ye. "Race winked at me. "He'll be asleep before he gets te play." Race whispered in my ear.

"Ye surre?"

"Oh yea surre thing." he said confidently.

"I hope yer right."

Race was right. Four hands passed and Kevin had fallen asleep. Not to mention it was around midnight and I was tired too.

"Race when will dey be done?" I asked sleepily.

"Not fer a while. Well I'm goin in fer Spot in a minute so we'll be hea fer a good while." Race said holding Kevin for me.

"Alright Race, yer toin." Spot said getting up to trade spots with Race as Race handed me Kevin. "Ye look tired." Spot commented sitting down.

"Yea I am." I said trying not to fall asleep.

"How long has yer brodda been asleep?"

"Bout half an hour." I rested my head on his shoulder.

"Dat ain't good unless yer tryin te fall asleep ." he laughed.

"Well mebe I am tryin te fall asleep." I giggled at him closing my eyes.

He yanked my hair. "Get up!" he joked. We both started laughing once Kevin started snoring.

"So how long till we leave?" I asked trying to sit up so I wouldn't fall asleep.

"An hour er two, mebe shorter." He answered.

"Dye play a lot?" I asked leaning on him.

"Not really, I ain't as good as Race." Spot answered letting me lean on him. Within minutes I had fallen asleep. I was half awake when someone picked me up. "Yea we gotta get goin, see ye in a week ye losas!" it was Spot.

"Well looks like botha em been asleep fer a while." Race observed.

I drifted off back into a deep sleep. I was too tired to say anything while I had briefly awakened. When I woke up next I was in my bed.

"Ye don't just take em te Harlem an bring em back at two in de morning!" I heard Scott yell.

I went down stairs to see what was going on.. Scott looked up at me from the stairs. Spot, Race, and Jack turned to see me.

"Whudd wit all de yellin?" I asked annoyed.

"Apparently yer brodda hea is tryin te tell us whudd te do." Spot replied.

I looked from Spot over to Scott. "You an Kevin coulda gotten hoit!" Scott protested.

"Scott dey wouldn't let nuttin happen te us! Besides Spot said dat Chain wouldn't let no one hoit us since we were goin te a poka game."

Just then it started raining. There was a flash of lightning and a loud crack of thunder. Within seconds I heard Kevin start crying.

"Kevin! Whudds wrong?" I asked as I ran into our room. He was sitting on the bed crying. I walked up to him as I heard the others following me. "Kevin whudds wrong?" I asked again.

"Its lust like when mom went away." He cried.

I sat on the bed holding Kevin. "Its ok." I told him.

"Whudds wrong?" Race asked.

"Storms remind im of when our mudda died." Scott whispered to him so Kevin wouldn't hear.

"How dat happen?" Jack asked.

"While she was out, someone tried te mug er. She put up a fight an wouldn't give im her money so he shot her." Scott told him. "It was rainin like dis."

Kevin fell back asleep. I was putting him back into bed while everyone was leaving the room. While they went downstairs I heard Medda down stairs too.

"Well look who decided to show up. I don't want you guys going out in the rain and getting sick. You know I have extra rooms you guys can use."

"Yea we know. Ye surre ye want us te stay?" Race asked.

"Well of course I don't want anyone getting sick." I heard her say again.

"Thanks Medda," Jack said giving her a kiss. "Looks like we're gonna be stayin guys." Not long after I had gone to bed I heard Spot, Race, and Jack going into the room across the hall where one of the guest rooms were.