I take out a note. "It's in another language... but it's not Spanish." I shake my head. "No, it's not. But I asked Stella to come over and see if she knows. She's bilingual." The store door opens. "Hey yo! The black-eyed queen is in the house." Stella walks in and orders something then sits down. When Stella was ten years old, she had a makeup accident. She got Mascara in her eyes, causing them to turn pitch black. She never did clean them out because she liked the look. Eventually, it became permanent. "Someone call for a translation?" I hand Stella the note. "Do you know the language?" She nods. "It's Italian. My great, great grandpa was Italian."
"Could you translate it for me."
"Yeah but... are you sure, it's a little..." I nod. I need to know what this letter says. Even if it kills me inside. "Ok. 'This is a message concerning Livan Costa. The Father of your child is stuck in a hole and may not come out. To whomever this may also concern, he is in a coma. We assume he fell while on a trip to Italy due to a pamphlet we found on airlines to Italy. He is bleeding out of his head. He may not make it, I'm sorry.' The other part is all burned up. All I can make out is, 'Son, Dead, father, kill, suicide, and apologies'. Maybe your father committed suicide." They both stare at me as I show no emotion on my face. "D?" I look up. Dustin gives me a hug. "What are you hugging me for?"
"You just found out your father died and might have committed suicide." I shrug my shoulders. Dustin moves back as our orders are called. " I'll get the food. Dustin, talk to your son." Stella gets up and leaves. "I knew we were leaving for something bigger than father's job. He loved the job he had here and nothing was wrong. He didn't get fired, his job didn't get shut down, his pay was perfectly fine. The only reason for him to have left is because mom wanted him to. I lived in that house with my mother and when she got this letter, there wasn't a single tear in her eyes. She never loved him. Plus, him committing suicide was his choice, for his own reasons. I have nothing to do with it unless I was one of the problems." Stella came back with the food right when I got a call. "Hello?"