Flowers on Concrete

Trey has expanded from the paper route he always had as a child to running a business of five. The hours offer the seclusion he craves. He has a content life complete with a pretend girlfriend, Angela, the prettiest teller at his bank. He does get caught romantically leering at Angela through the declaration of love he wrote in the condensation of his car window, but could she see him through that? Trey struggles to perceive any social interaction in a typical way.

Sean likes him because Trey thinks about things no one else even notices. Sean can be cruel, but Trey never does what Sean expects. Their friendship grows. Sean introduces Trey to a friend of his, Angela. The woman he imagined has complexities he hadn’t thought of, and Sean’s antics will either draw them all together or drive them all apart. Trey will have to immerse himself in these friendships to maintain them.