Prisoner of War

    It's been a lifetime.
    She says it'll turn out fine.
    It won't.
    They took him, and he might not come back!  He was a good man, a great father.  He was taken...from a family!  He had three children!  But Vanessa and Aaron don't understand yet.  Mom tells them he'll come back.
    I want to say she's wrong.  That she's lying.  That dad might never come back.
    But without dad here, I can't be their dream-killer.  I'm the supporting man of the house now.  Mom was crying the other night.  She can't handle life without him.  She always received a kiss on her cheek before bed.  No matter how many times we try, she can't feel the same warmth.  It might drive me insane.  I want to go to the battlefront and bring dad back.
    If I do, I could die.
    If I don't, I could die.
    It's all so much, but the worst part...
    ...He let them take him.  He knew, and he didn't resist.  The country that supported him and embraced him might kill him.
    I wonder what this letter is?
    (Beat.)Dad...