Lyon V Brownless Stoush

[DJC]

Bingo, that's the crotch of the Lyon / Brownless matter!

Whether Billy approved or disapproved, the correct thing for Lyon and Nicky to do was tell him about it. They are all adults, but they behaved like school children.

Freudian slip there LP 

You're right though, they should have been open and up front.  While I imagine that Lyon was reluctant to tell Billy that he had feelings for Nicky, a real mate would have done so before the relationship progressed.