DEAR SOPHIA,

I’M SURE YOU’VE NOTICED THIS IS A DIFFERENT PICTURE. THE POINT IS THIS – THAT IS AN ALL-SEEING EYE. AS YOU KNOW AND I HAVE EXPRESSED TO YOU, I WAS DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO KEEP PROTECTIVE EYE ON YOU. YOU KNOW THE REASONS WHY, WHICH INCLUDED THE ABUSE YOU EXPERIENCED AT THE APARTMENT WITH MOM, THE UNUSUAL RELATIONSHIP SHE HAD WITH HER FORMER ATTORNEY (STEVEN MESSNER) THAT SHE ALWAYS REFERRED TO AS “SM” AND MANY OTHER UNUSUAL THINGS THAT WERE ONGOING WITH YOUR MOTHER.

TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE: SM (ATTORNEY STEVEN MESSNER) WAS CHARGED WITH BEING A PEDOPHILE RAPIST AND NOW THE AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING TO DISBAR HIM SO HE CANNOT PRACTICE LAW. AS YOU REMEMBER, THERE WAS AN ALL-SEEING EYE ON HIM FOR OVER A YEAR TO PROTECT YOU BECAUSE HE WAS KNOWN TO BE A PREDATOR. THIS MAKES HIM THE THIRD LAWYER IN A ROW YOUR MOTHER HAD WHO IS BEING DISBARRED FROM PRACTICING LAW.

THERE IS STILL AN ALL-SEEING EYE OUT THERE. PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT YOU AND YOUR SAFETY AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I AM DOING EVERYTHING I CAN STILL TO PROTECT YOU. AS AN EXAMPLE, I AM SURE YOU ARE AWARE THAT GIGI WAS JUST ON THE NEWS TALKING ABOUT THE PRICE OF GAS. I AM JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT I AM STILL GETTING AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE ABOUT YOUR SITUATION AND I AM STILL DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO KEEP A PROTECTIVE EYE ON YOU.

in one week, holy week will be starting. on good friday, which is the day christ was crucified, you should try to eat one cup of lentil soup with one teaspoon of vinegar in the soup. this is because that is the day christ was crucified and the lentil soup represents the tears of mary and the vinegar is the bitterness of those tears. this is tradition. you remember yaya always did this. i don’t care if all you take is one teaspoon of that soup on that day but at least uphold tradition and have lentil soup on good friday.

please go to church and take communion on good friday as well. remember to get new shoes for resurrection night and be proud of your candle and celebrate his resurrection. at some point i hope to be celebrating easter in the future with you. i know it will happen. we will break eggs together.

i miss you very much. I love you more than i can say. you are the apple of my eye and remember you are the descendent of byzantine greek orthodox people with a long and rich history in the world, unlike any other.

143-8.

love,

dad