Question

I knew I could never let Mom hear the messages, because protecting her is one of my most important raisons d’être, so what I did was I took Dad’s emergency money from on top of his dresser, and I went to the Radio Shack on Amsterdam.

What assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt?
that his mother would not understand the messages
that the messages would increase his mother’s suffering
that his father’s emergency money should be replaced
that the employees at Radio Shack would sympathize with him

Answer 1

that the messages would increase his mother’s suffering

He says he couldn't let Mom hear the messages because protecting her is a main purpose for him, implying the messages would harm or upset her.