Max was still angry at his father, especially after the big blow out between them previously, he couldn’t get his fathers last words out of his head before he’d turn and just ran. He just wanted to be done with it.
But after running into his mother and finding out that she couldn’t find him, afraid to see his mother become a shell of a person again he went looking for his dad, even angrier than he was before wondering what excuse his father would give for worrying his mother this time.
Unable to actually find his father he’d tried looking for Wyatt, but he wasn’t anywhere to be found either.
He did find Bayley though, recognizing her from the picture Wyatt had shown him. He approached her carefully, “Hey.. Bayley, my name is Max, I’m a friend of Wyatt’s, do you think you could help me?” He asked. “I’m looking for my dad and haven’t been able to find him..”