Scotty Jackson is a gay boy in trouble. His fanatically religious parents cannot accept his attraction to other boys. Scotty tries to fool them at first, but they grow suspicious and clamp down on him until his life isn't worth living. Fearful Scotty's parents will send him away to be "cured," Scotty's friends spirit him away while desperately seeking a way to make his life better. While Scotty is in hiding, Dorian comes up with a brilliant idea to improve Scotty's life. He'll kill Scotty! Sometimes, only death can make parents see the error of their ways.
Dorian
Verona, Indiana
April 1983
I grinned at my boyfriend as he drove down Main Street. We were on our way to Shawn and Tim's apartment. Shawn was cooking supper and then we were all going to sit down and plan Scotty's funeral. I couldn't wait! It's not often you get to plan the funeral of one of your friends and I was looking forward to it. I was already thinking about what music to play. There would be none of that horrible organ music at Scotty's funeral. After all, it was the ultimate going away party and I knew Scotty would want to go out with a bang. I wanted to get Scotty the shiny, silver casket I'd spotted in Miller's Funeral Home. It was sweet! I just hoped the others would go along with my ideas. I figured I had a right to have the biggest input. It was my idea to kill Scotty after all. Without me there wouldn't even be a funeral. Sure, most of my friends helped kill him, but it was still my idea.
Okay, I'd probably better explain all this. I know the whole killing-one-of-your-friends thing might seem a bit odd to say the least, so here it goes.
It all started about a month ago...
