Ida

First

Dear Elena,
Today is Tuesday.
I woke up and was greeted by a phone call
At three AM.
It was a familiar voice
Tearing up with white noise in the background
And screams.
I asked who it was,
And Josef answered, with stale, urgent words.
"I need you to watch Lilah," he pleaded.
When I asked why, where he was, what was going on, he began to cry.
"I needed the money," he sighed. "The gun was loaded. I...didn't know."
Jail.
I reached for my keys on the table, and hung up.
I'm now in possesion of my four year old niece
her stuffed dog, Chandresh,
And tons of unanswered questions.
Love, Ida