Dave presses his mouth in a hard line, thinking about what went down after being dragged away from his beaten boyfriend.

"The guys... one of 'em was my best friend. They beat up Max and dragged me up to the tool shed, right next to the Compound. Locked me in. And my dad was there."

He can feel his throat tighten up as he tells Rizzo this, and he second guesses finishing the story.