Dude, you can't just turn down food from a friend's parents. Or... Or maybe your own parents. Tommy doesn't know, and it's a headache. So instead he pours some dressing when Billy's done and doesn't protest when Jeff heaps pasta onto his plate. More and better food than he's used to.

"He said of course Tommy can stay here tonight. In addition, they do want to talk to him tomorrow about what he experienced, so they can address the facility he was at. I told them the will wait until Tommy is ready, and that in the mean time I will be turning some powerful friends of mine in investigative journalism onto them."

Because of course Rebecca has friends in such fields.

"Your mother has a new project," Billy's dad says. And do projects ever mean something intense in their family.