She frowns and pulls out her walkman and looks at the headphones; they seem in tact.
"Carver should have stayed out of it. What about Erica?"
And then she hears it was all for nothing. Hawkins was still ripped open. Max rubs her face with a hand as she processes that. Not good.
"How can they blame Eddie for an earthquake? I get how they can't handle what actually happened, but that's a little out there to blame Eddie. The only thing he's guilty of is being a loud nerd."
Max's chest tightens when she hears about Billy. Overwhelmed - sounds right.
"Can't blame him on that. It's a lot, and really out there. I didn't even believe Lucas when he first told me. I thought he was trying to mess with me."
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"Carver should have stayed out of it. What about Erica?"
And then she hears it was all for nothing. Hawkins was still ripped open. Max rubs her face with a hand as she processes that. Not good.
"How can they blame Eddie for an earthquake? I get how they can't handle what actually happened, but that's a little out there to blame Eddie. The only thing he's guilty of is being a loud nerd."
Max's chest tightens when she hears about Billy. Overwhelmed - sounds right.
"Can't blame him on that. It's a lot, and really out there. I didn't even believe Lucas when he first told me. I thought he was trying to mess with me."