Calming Him
Vance listened quietly to all his questions and tried to calm him down. Eventually all the shocked stuttering and disbelief boiled down just one question: who else knows? Alan answered Steve. He told Steve that everyone in the town knows.
He Was Abandoned
Steve was bewildered that everyone had been keeping such secrets from him. The only thing he felt was betrayal. How many people had lied to him over his short life? So many people knew that his father had abandoned him.