X+Chapter+4


 * Malcolm gets a job at a drug store.
 * He becomes friends with a smart high school student named Laura.
 * Then he tells her that his dream was to become a lawyer and Laura gives him support that he needs.
 * Laura is a great dancer but because her grandmother is strict she must fight to get out and dance.
 * They go to a dance-off and win over the crowd and Duke Ellington.
 * Malcolm soon fancies a white woman named Sophia.
 * He then later dances with her and dumps Laura.
 * Malcolm keeps Sophia as a status symbol.
 * Because she is white and attractive he becomes popular at night clubs and bars.
 * Then his half sister Ella disapproves so he moves to his best friends house Shorty.
 * After years past he hears about Laura breaking away from her grandmother.
 * Laura later then starts doing drugs and becomes a prostitute.
 * He later regrets himself for her falling out with her grandmother and ruining her life.