What news does Will receive when he returns to Mister Tom’s house?

In Chapter 20, Will returns home and is surprised to find a group of people, including a policeman and warden, sitting with Mr. Tom. There is also a psychiatrist and a woman from a children’s home. The woman tells Will that his mother has committed suicide. She says Will has to come to the home to be put with foster parents. The warden says that Tom broke the law when he kidnapped Will. Will refuses and firmly says that he wants to stay with Tom. He exclaims that Tom didn’t kidnap him, but actually rescued him.