Ida Sweetie Monologue

Ida

“Dad, I’m so excited for this play! I can’t believe you bought us the tickets for the play where President Lincoln is going!” Ida said. Ida is a 13 year old girl, who lives in a small home with her father. Her mother died while giving birth to her. Her dad’s been raising her ever since.

“I didn’t buy them, sweetie. You need to be thanking Frank.” Ida’s father stated. They’ve been short on money, and Frank wanted to treat them to a treat. While walking to the ticket booth Ida saw a tall man blocking the entrance. ‘That must be President Lincoln’s bodyguard!’ she thought excitedly.

“Ida sweetie, come on.” her dad said. While fantasizing about what she would say to President Lincoln if she saw him, her father already collected the tickets. While walking inside Ford’s Theater
It’s been 2 weeks since the incident. Ida and her father are still traumatized, as well as everyone else. Everywhere Ida goes she’s reminded of that night. Wanted posters of John Booth are everywhere she turns. She’s also the talk of the school. She was the only one at the play that night and everyone wants to know what happened. They didn’t know she was suffering.

‘What did Booth have against President Lincoln? He’s an actor, he has money. What else does he want?’ she worried. While walking to school she suddenly heard a loud ripping noise. Curious, she turned around and found a man wearing a heavy black trench coat, a heavy new shiny pair of boots, and a black duffel bag. He was very tall and very well built. He was tearing down all of the WANTED poster of Booth, and he was mumbling very loudly. He had a very feminine voice.

Ida gasped. He matched the same description of Booth. Ida discreetly backed away, and went to the nearest police station, praying that he's still there. When they arrived back, Booth was gone, but Ida did help them get a lead. The next day, Booth was