For a family in Billings, Montana, a personal apocalypse rode into their lives over the telephone. The voice was indistinct, but the circumstances were clear. Her grandson was in jail; didn’t want his parents to know just yet – sort that out later – but desperately in need of immediate bail money. Though the February snowstorm was heavy, she gathered the things necessary to make that drive to the bank to withdraw the funds. Of course the grandfather, her husband, insisted on accompanying her.

지난 2월 몬태나주 빌링스에 거주하는 한 할머니는 한통의 전화 때문에 비극을 맞이했다. 이들은 어느날 손자를 자처하는 사람이 걸어온 전화를 받았다. 전화에 따르면 노부부의 손자가 현재 구치소에 갖혀있다는 것이다. 그리고 손자는 부모에게 들키지 않고 구치소에서 석방되려면 보석금이 필요하다는