Chapter 15
15
DONNIE
Did he really just say that?
“What the fuck, Ralph?! What do you mean by that?” I get in his way when he takes a step toward the two men on the floor. “I can admit that Toby here got a little carried away up in the hallway, but you’re sounding like you have a problem with something more than him getting in a fight.”
“Guys like him are what’s wrong with this country!” the security officer shouts as he throws his arm out toward the corner. “They practice sexual deviancies and don’t even try to hide them. Their whole house is full of nothing but queers and pedophiles and this sweet young man needs to be away from all of that if he ever wants to be accepted as a normal member of society and not a perverted thug.”
Stepping back, I take a protective stance in front of the two men in the corner. I might not have been strong enough years ago to save one boy from my old teammates, but I sure as fuck am able to beat Ralph. I won’t let this piece of shit anywhere near these two boys.
“You need to step away, Ralph,” I warn him. “For the sake of the years you treated Walt with respect, I’m giving you the opportunity to back out of this peacefully.”
The man steps into my personal space to glare at me. “You’re just as bad. Turning on your teammates for the sake of some fairy boy. He should have found Jesus and changed his ways. Instead, he just drags others down with him. You both deserve every punishment the Lord brings upon your heads.”
The outrage I feel toward the asshole in front of me is about to boil over when a throat clearing pulls all of our attention to the doorway. Matt is standing there, looking absolutely murderous, along with three other faculty members and that Greg guy from the hallway.
“What the fuck did you just say about my boyfriend, Ralph?” Matt snarls and takes a step forward. “Did you seriously just say that he deserved to be drugged and gang raped because he’s gay?”
Ralph takes a step back from me to look at the people in the doorway. He doesn’t even bother to hide his sneer as he looks at Matt before storming out of the room. If I hadn’t been right in front of him, I probably wouldn’t have been able to stop Toby from going after him. As luck would have it, I somehow manage to catch him up in my arms again when he turns back into a snarling ball of rage.
“I’ll take Greg to sign the forms,” Professor Michaels says, pulling the large man with him back toward the desk in the hallway. Professor Silas shakes her head and pulls out her phone.
“Let’s get these two somewhere that Toby won’t get his ass expelled,” Matt grumbles and pats me on the shoulder before reaching down to help Shiloh up from the floor.