Chapter 27An hour later, Pidge had finished his literature reading, in the sense that he had looked at all the words on all the pages, and had taken Buddy for a pee, and was waiting outside one of the small, numbered doors to the athletic complex with his backpack full of dog.
Giant opened the door. It was dark inside.
“Come in,” he whispered, taking Pidge’s hand and leading him inside. He shut the door and advised, “Let your eyes adjust for a minute.”
“Okay.” Pidge could hear men laughing somewhere in another room, and see that one direction was lighter than the others.
“That’s the locker room. Keep quiet.” Giant kissed his ear, then his cheek, then his lips. He settled an arm over Pidge’s shoulder and guided him through the dimness. “We can cut through here and go out where the clean
