The following is an excerpt from Doubting Thomas, a novel by Matthew Clark Davison debuting June 8. It follows Thomas McGurrin, a fourth-grade teacher and out gay man at a private primary school serving Portland, Oregon's wealthy progressive elite when he is falsely accused of inappropriately touching a male student.Thomas reached down his running shorts and released his genitals from the tangle of liner at his inner thigh.
Even at his gym, far from work, up until the day he was asked to resign, Thomas would’ve taken this concern to a private stall in the men’s locker room.
Or at the very least, he would’ve tried to camouflage the action by tucking in his tank top. Today he thought: Fuck it. The treadmill’s motor had warmed up, and now it.