Everyone looked up at Fabrizio, who didn't know what to say first.
How should he tell them that Andy was dead?
Molly and Ruth, who had never seen him before, wondered who this man was.
"Molly, Mrs. Dewitt Bukater this is…" Jack started but was soon stopped by his friend.
"Not know Jack. There's plenty of this time for later. I've to…something horrible has happened…"
"I thought that you wanted to stay until tomorrow. Why did you come back today?" Gisela asked.
"That's exactly what I need to talk with you about. There has been an accident," he started. Fabrizio looked at the children. They surely shouldn't be here now.
"I've you tell you something Jack, all of you…I've…"
"And what young man?" Molly wanted to know.
"However I think that this nothing for your girls to hear."
Fabrizio swallowed again.
"Gisela would you please take them somewhere? I would like to speak with Jack alone."
Gisela looked up at him.
"Sure, come on girls."
Fabrizio had decided that it was best, if Jack told Rose everything. He was surely the best one for that.
Gisela was about to stand up, when Molly stopped her.
"No wait, I'm going to look after them, if you have nothing against it that is?" she offered her.
Gisela watched her for a moment.
"But I thought that you…"
"This is not about you and me now Mrs. Dawson, but about your friend," Molly reassured her.
Gisela looked over to Cora and Zita. They surely liked Molly. Of course she didn't know this well, but Jack seemed to trust her so she would as well.
"Alright, I think my children actually are very fond of you."
"Great we'll have fun girls, I'm sure. I'm going to go home with them. Here…" she handed Gisela a paper with her address. "Just pick them up every time you want even if it is only tomorrow," she added knowingly.
It was clear to her that whatever they needed to talk about was something very serious and hard. Jack's friend looked terrible upset.
"Thank you Mrs. Brown," Gisela told her taking the paper from her hands.
…..
Once Molly had retired with Cora and Zita, Fabrizio took the seat beside Ruth. It would surely be better, if he sent her away as well. After all what happened to Rose's son was nothing of her concern she was a complete stranger.
"Madam, I don't want to be rude, but I think that you…" he looked at Ruth while speaking. "You know this about a good friend of mine. Rose…Mrs. Calvert I mean…and you've…"
"Fabri, she has the right to hear it," Jack spoke up, but he didn't seem to hear.
"In short I think that you should leave."
"She's her mother," Jack's voice came again.
Fabrizio kept talking on however.
"I'm sure you…," he began, when suddenly Jack's words began to sink in. "She's what?" he choked out looking up at Jack.
Instead of him, Ruth answered.
"I'm her mother Mr…well whatever your name is. Tell me please what happened to her?"
"Nothing everything is alright with her Mrs…?"
"Dewitt Bukater," Ruth told him.
She could tell that he was very nervous.
"Should I leave you alone?" she asked.
"No…no Jack is right. If you're her mother you should hear it as well."
"What happened Fabri? In fact you look like you've seen a ghost."
"The reason why we returned today is that…" he stopped himself.
How could he tell them?
He remembered Giuseppe's and Joey horrible look, when they had told them. They surely hadn't meant anything like that to happen. But that change anything now.
"Jack I…god I don't know how to say this."
"Where's Helga?" Gisela wondered.
"At home with Giuseppe. He was distressed after…" he stopped again.
"After what Fabri?"
Jack was really, really worried now. He had never seen his friend like this. In fact it seemed like…
His friends face was all white.
"You look like someone did," Jack got out not knowing of course how right he was.
Fabrizio simply stared at him.
"Fabri what…?" Jack started looking his friend up and down.
"I didn't want this to happen…no one did…the boys they were Jack…you know how we were, when we were young…I mean the things we did," he stammered.
"Sure, but what does this…?" Jack wanted to know.
"Jack please just let me get this out…"
Fabrizio didn't know how, but somehow he managed to get it out.
"Oh my god," Ruth choked out completely shocked.
She had just about met her daughter again and had heard that she had a grandson and now he was dead.
Gisela meanwhile was watching Jack, wondering what he was thinking.
"Poor Rose," she got out. "I can't imagine what it would like, if something happened to the girls."
Even if she and Rose weren't exactly the best friends, she would never wish anything like that to her.
No mother deserved so see her child die.
Fabrizio just nodded in her direction. He knew that she meant it truthfully now.
"Have you told Rose already?" Jack asked him.
"No," he shook his head.
"Well and when are you planning to do so?" Jack added.
"Jack I think that there's only one person, who could tell her…without her…" breaking down he wanted to add, but figured that Jack would still understand.
Jack looked at him confused.
"Gisela I hope you understand that…," Fabrizio began looking at her.
"Sure Fabrizio, I do." She knew that Fabrizio was right.
Jack however didn't understand what he meant.
"You Jack, you've to tell her," Fabrizio told him firmly.
Jack was stunned for a moment, but then he nodded. "Of course, I'll go to her right away."