Chapter 12 - Malcolm

After I’d walked Pam to my room, I returned to the kitchen with my frat brothers. For those that were innocent, I understood and would apologize to them later. All this is blindsiding them. For those that are the rats, those fuckers should’ve seen this coming. Our frat motto is Kerothen Philoi Aei, which means Friends from the Heart, Forever. You don’t betray your friends.

“You get all their phones?” I asked.

“Right here. No one’s going to alert the enemy.” Harris nodded, holding up a grocery bag full of phones.

“Why did you have Harris take our phones?” Sal asked.

“And what is he talking about ‘enemy’?” Tomaso demanded.

If either of them is involved in this, I don’t know how I’ll handle it. They are more than my frat brothers; they are my teammates. Also, if they are involved in this, I don’t know how I’d explain to Coach and the rest of the team why they’re at best on the injured list next semester or, at worst, dead. I didn’t want to think of that possibility, but I knew I had