"Speaking from experience, you're not obligated to stay," he reminds Steve. Sometimes you had to be a bat out of hell. Even if this place was apparently 'healed'.
Huh. Apparently it was news to him that Neil hadn't stuck around. And Billy didn't quite know what to do with that. Other than be grateful that Susan and Max had been safe. Probably accounted for Susan's new place actually. But they hadn't talked about Neil. Pointedly hadn't talked about Neil.
"Barely talked at all. Been sending her checks now and then, you know, help out. The... government settlement got me started, but I was worried about her and Max. Figured she needed a bit of something more Neil wouldn't know about."
And that was of course how he'd gotten his invitation to this. Susan had forwarded it along to him.
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Huh. Apparently it was news to him that Neil hadn't stuck around. And Billy didn't quite know what to do with that. Other than be grateful that Susan and Max had been safe. Probably accounted for Susan's new place actually. But they hadn't talked about Neil. Pointedly hadn't talked about Neil.
"Barely talked at all. Been sending her checks now and then, you know, help out. The... government settlement got me started, but I was worried about her and Max. Figured she needed a bit of something more Neil wouldn't know about."
And that was of course how he'd gotten his invitation to this. Susan had forwarded it along to him.
"What, Max started fights?"