The Second Candidate: Jamaal King

The second client that caught Douglas's eye was Jamaal King. He was barely eighteen, normally too young to be considered. He dropped out at fifteen to help his mother provide for his seven brothers and sisters. They shared a two bedroom apartment in that festering complex.

Jamaal was bright, and athletically gifted. He was 6'9, 260 pounds. He would have started on the state basketball championship team if he hadn't had to dropout. He worked a construction job by day, and Ubered by night.

He was trying to help his mother get disability, which would lighten the load on him. He wanted a GED. He wanted a good job. He thought if he put his mind to it, he could even walk on to the basketball team at a major university. He just needed the opportunity.

He looked at the fancy uppity lawyer with the hot wife in the picture. He growled. Why the fuck didn't he get something like this?