A Matter of Trust
Betrayal
Insecurity
Forgiveness
Prideful
At the beginning of the book with Hakeem was stuttering because he was nervous to read his paper out loud in front of the class.
When Darcy saw Hakeem take Brisana home on his motorbike.
When Mattie doesn't want to take back Darcy's Dad because she doesn't trust him.
When Brisana stop being Darcy's friend because Darcy became friends with Tara and Cooper, who Brisana thought were lames.
When Darcy and Hakeem went to the hospital after Roylin was shot in the head to see if he was ok.
When Darcy agreed to see her Dad and forgave him for being absent for 5 years.
When Roylin finally apologized to Hakeem for being mean to him in the hallway, after he came back to school from being shot in the head.
At the end of the book with Darcy's Dad was sincerely apologizing to her mom Mattie about walking out and how he wanted to be a better man. Even though she didn't say anything, she shed tears of forgiveness.
Hakeem Dad's wants him to be an athlete instead of a musician.
Aunt Charlotte wants to puts Darcy;s grandmother in a nursing home but Darcy's mother Mattie doesn't agree. neither does Darcy.
Brisana didn't care at first to fix their friendship.
The family felt betrayed when the Dad walked out on his family for 5 years.
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Roylin always made of Hakeem when he stuttered.
Roylin was too prideful to apologize to Hakeem at first for always picking on him about his stuttering.
Darcy was jealous of Brisana because she was always flirting with Hakeem.
Roylin treated people just like how his dad use to treat him as a kid.