Not only does he catch his father cheating, he also catches Willy in the act of giving the brand-new stockings he promised his own wife over to his mistress, actively betraying his family more, right in front of his own son. Willy is not the man Biff envisioned him to be, which breaks and replaces the feeling of love for his father with hatred and pain. It also places Biff under the pressure to keep his parents together, as his mother would never stand the thought and confession of Willy cheating. The feeling of pain and pressure follows him into his future, much like Cory in Fences. Troy controlled all aspects of Cory’s life, but never in a positive way. He “.was like a shadow that followed you