Page 84 of The Black Flamingo

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A pause and then faintly, “What is it?”

“It’s Mikey pon de phone.”

A pause and fainter still, “Tell him I’m busy.”

ROWAN:How did you do?

MICHAEL:I got an A for drama

ROWAN:That’s great!

Everyone in our group got an A

We should all celebrate

MICHAEL:Sounds good.

Message in the group chat?

Rowan changes the name of the group chat

from “Beautiful Thing” to “The A Team”

and changes the image

from theBeautiful Thingmovie poster

to a picture of a black man

with a Mohawk and lots of gold jewelry.

FAITH:Who’s that man?

ROWAN:Mr. T

FAITH:??

ROWAN:From The A Team

DESTINY:I thought we were the A Team

MICHAEL:Yh

Because we all got A for drama?

FAITH:I’m so confused

BEN:I just looked up The A Team on YouTube

ROWAN:

DESTINY:

ROWAN:Nando’s this Sunday?

DESTINY:I’m vegan

BEN:Since when?

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