Invisible Son

Content Warning: This section discusses murder, police brutality, racism, and child abuse and mentions drug and alcohol abuse.

Andre texts Marcus as soon as he gets home, saying that his charger died and that he’s fixed it. An hour later, he watches as Paul drops off the rest of the Whitakers. Sierra texts him saying that she didn’t know he left.

In the morning, Marcus texts him, saying that he’s proud that Andre was responsible. He sends a second message that says that no police report was filed when Eric went missing.

Andre texts Boogie too, and they agree to meet outside, both of them wearing masks. Andre is grateful that they don’t have to explain all of their feelings about what’s happened to one another. They know that the virus isn’t going away anytime soon, but President Trump is already calling for things to open up again. Safety concerns have gone down since data about the virus affecting communities of color the most came out.

Andre tells him everything that’s going on. Boogie replies that it’s not okay for white folks like the Whitakers to give Andre things and tell him secrets that they aren’t sharing with the rest of their children. He also asks why it took Andre so long to realize that Eric could’ve set him up.