"Aunt Hilda, do you think we should call Grandma and let her know what happened?" Sabrina whispered. She was in total shock. She couldn't believe that her aunt was gone just like that. She wanted to collapse and cry until she had no more tears left but she forced herself to remain strong. Hilda had totally fallen apart when they had got the awful news. Sabrina had to be strong for her aunt now.
"I don't know," Hilda muttered as she slowly sat up. She knew that she needed to call her mother and let her know what had happened but she couldn't bring herself to make the call. Telling her mother that Zelda was gone would make the tragedy even more real. What was Hilda going to do without her big sister? She needed Zelda! How could Zelda have died and left her alone like this? It wasn't fair! How could she go on without her?
Just then the phone rang. As Hilda reached for it, she thought about how Zelda had died. Her poor sister had been all alone when it happened. Why had she ever went to visit those relatives? If she had stayed at home where she had belonged, maybe Zelda would still be here. Even if Hilda couldn't have saved her sister, she could have held her hand and told her how much she loved her before she slipped away.
"Hello?" she said as she fought back even more tears.
"Hello, this is Mrs. Kraft," Harmonia said, "Is this...."
Hilda slammed down the phone as soon as she heard the name Kraft. She never wanted to speak to a member of that family again. How could they call here and bother her when she was suffering from this monsterous tragedy?