Billy showed some great maturity in this chapter. I know that he failed to understand Dustin's "talk" in the woods and the possibility of suicide, probably thought Dustin was running away but idk if many teens would realize that possibility. But when Brett was having his meltdown and yelling Billy spoke to him calmly and talked him down. The love of the two boys is truly special.
Next up - the nuclear option??? Who is gonna go nuclear on whom??? B&B on the Smiths? Dustin on the boys? Brett or Billy's mothers on them? Joey is still lurking, could the nuclear option involve him???
More questions than answers...... Ugh....have to wait another week to find out what what and who....dang it!!!
thanks for the chapter Jeff.