Perhaps they had, but Billy never would have felt that comfort from other people. Not here. Not where he was loathed by all but Max. Getting away was the only choice he had, now or in retrospect.

"I'm sorry about that, Steve. That sort of stuff, I..."

How can he say that sometimes he understands it? Like what happened with his mother? How he would have understood if she had been cheating like Neil thought. But in most situations...

"I'm sorry. You don't deserve that. A kid even less."