Everything in Kareem's life should have been perfect. He was the leading member of a young family. They didn't have much financially, but at that age, the world was supposed to be full of promise and hope. In his mind, that's the way Kareem believed things should have been. He wasn't filled with hope and promise. Instead, he was filled with dread, anxiety and angst. Perhaps that's why the neighbor intrigued him so much.

There was talk around the neighborhood that Kareem's neighbor was not born a girl. Kareem could not tell. His girlfriend assured him, by her surefire ways to spot the signs, that all wasn't what it seemed to be with the pretty neighbor. He accepted the gossip. Kareem didn't know why he should care either way. He was about to raise a family. But he did care. He was intrigued. His intrigue pushed him to befriend the neighbor. This friendship helped Kareem discover his strength.