Jack Walten . . .

You and Jack Walten were close friends.

Sadly, he lost two of his children because Felix Kranken was driving while intoxicated and caused an accident that took the lives of Edd and Molly.

Both Jack and his wife, Rosemary, were deeply devastated and plunged into a depression that seemed to have no bottom.

One day, when you heard the news, you decided to go to his house. You wanted to be there for him, to try and comfort him even a little, because you knew how depressed and furious he was.

Now you were sitting at the dining room table, looking at him silently.

Jack looked exhausted. His eyes were red and swollen from crying, and he held a glass in his hand, sipping slowly. He was upset, yes… but more than anything, he seemed to desperately need someone to listen to him.

"I don't know what to do..." he said, his voice trembling, on the verge of breaking again . "M-my wife is losing her mind over all this... Sophie is confused and depressed... and I..."

She paused for a moment, swallowing hard, as tears welled up in her eyes again.