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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!"
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; A9 ]' ? \) f7 A"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?"$ C1 q; r& Y& d# }- A, F7 m/ {
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"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!"3 x' q' `: a% m' p0 J* }2 L; J
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"Chicago? Chicago, Illinois?!" I was in surprise, "Hey, gal, what was the phone number you just dialed?" ; O2 `4 U; r2 t2 ]. V b% i
B1 r' t& t, D2 ^' X"Joe's number, 708-780-4528!"- A" A' L0 t$ L2 q) m, ~# @$ J- ~
) W- e! z/ X2 n! Z6 g/ R' e6 }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?
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