Billy was pretty worked up by the time his little brother arrived after school Thursday afternoon. He had brought a late lunch—hot dogs and little bags of popcorn. The notion that Peanut was B-boy had been planted in his head, thanks to Tom Alan. He hadn’t taken a single bite of anything. Burgess dating Jesse wasn’t a problem, he claimed. He just couldn’t wrap his head around the thought of his baby brother being on Grindr. “My mom and dad were pretty lenient with me.”
“And you turned out fine.”
“It’s a whole new world, babe. Mom and Dad wouldn’t know to snoop around to see if Peanut’s on Grindr. Mom and Dad probably don’t even know what sexting is.”
“Are you sure you’re not more worried about your brother being gay than you are about how he’s meeting people?” Erika had asked.
“You kno
