Chapter 4
Friday morning, Cody changed off to the side in the locker room, away from Zack Jenner and his acolytes. Half a dozen boys hung on Zack’s every word, laughing along and asking him about the many cheerleaders he screwed. Cody tried not to sneak any furtive glances as the other guys changed, reminding himself that the last time he got carried away in a locker room the consequences took him down a road that ended in a closed-in garage, slowly suffocating to death.
He changed into his black basketball shorts and a matching cotton T-shirt and hurried out of the locker room. Mr. Gorski ordered the class to run laps and called Cody off to the sidelines to talk.
“Am I in trouble?” Cody asked.
“Did you do anything wrong?” Mr. Gorski asked, looking confused.
“Never.” Cody flashed a we
