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Felice

A young woman who leaves Jake a fifty-dollar note pinned with a honey-boy endearment, Felice is independent, generous, and gone before he can decide whether to chase her.

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First appearance: XX: Felice

As a major figure in Home to Harlem, Felice is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

A woman Jake is drawn to, whose presence offers a potential for a different kind of connection.

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Jake wakes in perfect peace to coffee, cream, and doughnuts, then finds the folded note in his pocket signed by a baby girl to a honey boy, and Harlem suddenly feels like his. He checks himself from running back, telling himself never to let a woman think he's too crazy about her, even as he calls her a particularly sweet piece of business and plans to see her again that night. Her gift and her absence set the early arc in motion, a woman whose independence turns Jake's easy conquest into a pursuit he can't quite control.

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Harlem Nightlife Core

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Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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First Part
A woman Jake is drawn to, whose presence offers a potential for a different kind of connection.
II: Arrival
The brown girl Jake meets at the cabaret; she charms him and they spend the night together, leaving him a gift of fifty dollars.
IV: Congo Rose
Referenced as Jake's 'honey girl' whom he fails to find at the Baltimore.
Third Part
Reunites with Jake, sharing a moment of connection and understanding.
XX: Felice
Reunites with Jake, explains her absence, and goes to get her bag, recalling a violent fight between two women.
The Gift That Billy Gave
Prefers a 'niftier' place to dine, enjoys the cabaret, and persuades Jake to leave Harlem for Chicago.

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