Chapter 7 Summary

The next day, Wednesday, the swimmers train even harder. Nortie, who seems to have had a weight lifted from him, swims faster than ever. Walker believes it has to do with the trust he has discovered after telling his friends about his brother and having them accept him.

After the workout, the boys are not feeling as exhausted as they had on previous days and they go out for some pizza at Savage House, a favorite restaurant. Afterward, Walker and Jeff go to a nearby drugstore to get some supplies and as they are inside they see Marty O'Brian walk past and drop some newspapers near the door of the drugstore. They are copies of the same white supremacist paper that had appeared on the high school campus. They walk back to Lion's apartment but decide not to tell him what they saw...