He probably shouldn't have made that comment, but it was too late to take it back now. "There's some things you don't know about me yet, Fred." he smiled sadly. "But I don't want to get into all that right now, if that's all right with you? This is a lot to process and...I don't want to overload you with information, okay?" He knew that was a cop-out, but it was also true.
"The good thing is, we are here together now and you don't have to go through this whole thing alone, right?" He smiled gently and held his hand out to her. "We'll get through it together, right?"