Promise Boys

J.B. is escorted out of the police station to his mother. When she asks why the officers wouldn’t let her in for J.B.’s interview, they insist that they’re on J.B.’s side. However, J.B. thinks about how the officers restrained him, screamed in his face, and locked him in a room alone for hours. Though he wants to say something, the sight of his mother visibly upset convinces him to keep his mouth shut.

At home, J.B. tries to ask for his mother’s phone to call Keyana, but she tells him that he is grounded. She asks if he killed Moore, and J.B. insists that he didn’t.

That night, when J.B.’s mother goes into work to pick up extra hours, J.B. goes down the street to see Keyana. He is worried about what she thinks of him but also hopes that she has heard something about who killed Moore.

Trey’s mother comes from New York to be with him. Trey is glad that she looks like she has her substance use under control for the first time in years. He also hopes that Uncle T will not hit him while she is around.

The day after his arrest, Trey waits anxiously in his house.