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Suddenly I decided to play a small prank. I talked to her as if I'd just realized something, "Oh, golly. I see. My roommate is Joseph. I've never called him Joe. Sure, you've got the right phone number!"- o0 P. U ^5 ]5 E# e
# y1 V P4 H& H! H! k5 M) m"Is he around?" asked the girl. "Unfortunately, he is not. You know what? He flew to California for his holiday. He made the decision in a sudden three days ago. I am wondering why he had to go there. Do you have any idea?"# a! K1 S1 Z7 d7 s
7 w9 p+ F% ^5 W4 a9 X" p"That can't be true!" the girl cried out desperately. "He cannot do that! We are dating on the beach of Lake Michigan this evening! Actually I am driving to Chicago right now!"$ I, J, i2 ~) n- T9 C4 Y/ Y" }; L3 v
- \! R7 p8 w7 q# V6 W% e"Chicago? Chicago, Illinois?!" I was in surprise, "Hey, gal, what was the phone number you just dialed?"
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% v* l! c5 }5 b& `"Joe's number, 708-780-4528!"# f4 |, L9 E i5 d0 j6 P" T
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Apparently, she had called the wrong number. She dialed the area code 780 by mistake. I began to regret for the trick that might hurt the girl on the other end. How could I explain everything to her?2 H4 N& O$ o+ m& ^# X/ }: D
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