ghetto chance of it

"Chance was opportunity in the ghetto, and you had to be prepared for anything."

"Anything" does not necessarily mean a good thing. What may end up being an opportunity for one in the ghetto could mean someone else getting the end of the stick. Unfortunately that is exactly what happened in the first two chapters. Every character introduced up to this point leaped far and hard towards that opportunity, only to be washed asunder by their very own actions. You had to be prepared for anything.

Jessica jumped for several opportunities. She jumped for Puma,