sylvester, stunned at first at the news of tina having twan's child, congratulates twan on the news but twan is not convinced, accusing tina of lying to him. this makes tina's eye twitch, which had started when sylvester had first approached her near the end of chapter 14. when sylvester asks roxanne about it, roxanne explains a pimp had hit tina in the eye a year ago and that she's had bad nerves ever since. twan then pulls sylvester to the side and begins wondering if he is really the father of tina's child. sylvester convinces him that a child would calm him down. when twan tells tina that he wants to make this work, roxanne kisses tina and reveals they are lovers.