will would roar down the road toward rhulin farms , turn around in their driveway ( if he had gone the other way , henry bowers 's crazy father butch probably would have blown his head off with a shotgun ) , and then roar back , the unmuffled engine blatting stridently while mike jumped up and down with excitement , cheering , and his mom stood in the kitchen doorway , wiping her hands on a dishtowel and pretending a disgust she did n't really feel .