back at the car as they drive away, twan is still angry over seeing roxanne and tina together, despite sylvester's efforts to calm him down. around this time, sylvester gets a phone call from gwendolyn, who tells him that his parents, o'dale and myrna, got into it and myrna had o'dale put in jail. the scene then shifts to rufus' church where he is leading the worship song, "jesus will work it out", with reverend mosley james evans and the peace within choir. when the song reaches a climax, rufus gets a phone call and excuses himself to his office. it's chuck, who's crying and upset over not seeing rufus since the incident in the earlier chapters. rufus and chuck argue when cathy walks in rufus' office. when cathy asks rufus who was on the phone, chuck, who can be heard accidentally on speaker phone, cries out for rufus, which angers cathy and the two argue before rufus sends cathy out to deal with the situation. rufus then tries to let chuck come see him so they can talk but chuck refuses. rufus then tells chuck that he wants to stay married because he loves his wife and is a pastor as the reason he doesn't want to see chuck anymore. this angers chuck, who threatens to reveal their relationship. when rufus again tries to get chuck to come see him, chuck reveals he is recovering at a hospital.