Back in their eighth-floor apartment, Will’s mother sobs while Will hides in his room. It never does anything good, and it’s what killed Shawn. Will explains that in his neighborhood, “beef” gets passed around.
The police put up yellow tape, zip Shawn into a body bag, and take him away. When the police arrive, a young officer seems to legitimately expect answers, but Will insists that when someone dies in his neighborhood, everyone pretends to be deaf and blind. Shawn’s girlfriend, Leticia, kisses him and shrieks, while Will and Shawn’s mother moans.
He died fetching special soap for their mother’s eczema. When they stand up, Will sees that Shawn is dead. Suddenly, gunshots ring out and they get down like they’re supposed to. When it happens, Will and his friend Tony are outside, wondering if they’ll grow taller now that they’re 15. Though Will is disoriented and sad about Shawn’s death, he isn’t exactly surprised. Will says that no matter what he doesn’t or doesn’t have in common with the reader, it’s still horribly painful to see a loved one’s blood outside of their body. Only his mother calls him William, and his brother Shawn used to too, when he was trying to be funny-but last night, Shawn was killed. He asks the reader to call him Will, like everyone else does. Will introduces himself to the reader and swears that his story is true, though he understands if the reader doesn’t believe it.
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