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Jomo has finally awaken from his coma. He'd been out for 32 days and when he wok up he could barely keep himself awake. After a while of staying in the hospital, he'd finally returned home. After he woke up suddenly, remembering everything that had happened, he told his parents everything. Ganz, the steroids, his violence, and even what he did to Miranda. He's got a lot to do to fix these things, and realizes that.

Jomo was playing pretty bad, missing tackles, and making bad reads. This was until he tackled another player around the neck and hurt him pretty bad. He taunted him and the other team and was ejected. He was kicked out by his coach and sped off in his car. He ran a red light nearly hitting someone and a cop began to follow him. he called his home and hysterically cried as he began to run into a bridge abutment.

After Jomo got found out by his uncle, Will tried to call Jomo's father. He tried to find his hotel information and complained about him not having a cell phone. Jomo convinced his uncle that he would tell his father, and he hesitated at first. Jomo drove off contemplating calling his dad and coach but decided he would play in the last game. He couldn't let his team down now. He would go out big, in a blaze of glory.

Jomo finally had a day off to himself. His uncle Will found this out and asked him to a friendly game of hoops, but nothing too serious since Jomo had a game. They played for a little bit and Will called it quits, so Jomo took this opportunity to take his shot. He went into the bathroom while his uncle was changing. his uncle walked in and Jomo dropped the pen and it rolled under the stall door to his uncle outside.

Jomo's whole life is spiraling out of control. He lost his girlfriend, his father's condition isn't getting any better, and he's become a muscle-head that can't control himself. He rocked a sophomore that showed off little bit and put him in the hospital with a concussion. After this his teammates hated him and didn't even want him on the team, he felt bad, but no one would listen to him.

Cranmer High School has just started summer workouts and everything was looking good, Jomo even passed the drug test. He felt confident about his performance and no one knowing about him juicing, this was until he heard the coaches talking about him, and one of them said Jeri had concerns about Jomo. Jomo got so nervous he thought he was gonna throw up and feels like he's being watched, hope they don't say anything.

Jomo started to complain to Ganz about the "side effects" of his drug and Ganz raised the price, putting Jomo in his place. On top of that Miranda called Jomo wondering why he didn't talk to her the night before, teasing about him being with another girl. Ganz made Jomo work for him if he wanted more supply since he was complaing and he got Trey and Calvin in the loop, but now Cranmer High has started drug testing.

After touring the town with April, Jomo almost ended up cheating on Miranda. They got really into it, pulling each other's clothes off and almost going all the way. That was until they Jomo realized what he was doing. They stopped and headed home until they were pulled over. The cops didn't show very much liking to Jomo, probably because he was black, and Jomo was mad about this, but they were sent on their way.

Jomo and Jayson talk about the coach from Mississippi Tech and how presumptuous he was when talking to Jomo about him and his family. After a while Jomo noticed a couple looking at them, and took this opportunity because he's never had it happen before. The thing is though, he's still with Miranda and Jayson reminds him of this, but despite that he starts to like the girls a lot, and hangs with the girls anyway

Jomo finally had the chance stand against Harper after all this time of being persecuted and treated like he was under him. Jomo never got to throw a punch but he shoved him to the ground and almost had the intent of killing him. Jayson came in and stopped them but Jomo was still furious and almost turned on him. The juicing is getting to Jomo's head, and it's only a matter of time before something bad happens.