and his kids, threatening to put them out of his house. Aunt Ella, as usual, saved the day, admonishing Curtis to be nice to his nephew before God strikes him dead. And Curtis doesn’t hesitate to remind Ella that C.J.’s crackhead wife had burned down their house, and if C.J. had paid a little more attention to what was going on in his home, he and his eating him-out-of house-and-home kids wouldn’t be in his house at all. Trevor picked up the remote and switched channels and stopped abruptly at a news bulletin. “There was a shooting today on the campus of North Carolina Central University,” the newscaster said. Trevor sat up. “This is it!” he shouted. “A young woman, one of the North Carolina Central Eagles cheerleaders, was hit by a stray bullet that was fired as the crowd began to leave the stadium at the end of the game. The young woman, identified as Afrika Nicole Bailey, was taken to Duke University Medical Center. We have yet to get a full report from the doctors on the severity of Ms.
