I knew I could never let Mom hear the messages, because protecting her is one my most important raisons d’etre, so what I did was I took Dad’s emergency money from on top of his dresser, and I went to Radio Shack on Amsterdam. It was on a TV there that I saw that the first building had fallen. I bought the exact same phone and ran home and recorded our greeting from the first phone onto it.

What inference does the narrator make?
-His mother does not need money.
-His mother loves his father
-His mother needs a new phone.

What assumption might the narrator have that supports this inference?
-His mother needs protecting.
-His mother was lonely.
-His mother was strong and independent.

What do the inference and assumption reveal about the narrator?
-He does not like his father.
-He loves his mother
-He loves his parents equally.