I've had some more thoughts at the end of retaliation. I noticed as Billy was outed by the parents in this book, when outed by George he tried to deny it, when outed by Jen, he tried to deny it, and then when outed by his mother, his comment was "you know?" I wonder is this because he realized that denying it was useless because it wasn't hidden very well, or because he really did want his mother to know and accept him? I can't wait to see how much growing up he and Brett will do in the next year and a half. The next month and a half will be torture to wait.