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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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"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?"
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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!"
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, T1 B y* f; w! D4 [6 Y: V0 ]+ `"Chicago? Chicago, Illinois?!" I was in surprise, "Hey, gal, what was the phone number you just dialed?"
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. _1 t& g% {/ \8 }& h! b"Joe's number, 708-780-4528!": v- U# y1 O+ Z L
$ O' U+ `9 u: A$ \9 l! G4 ZApparently, 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?; d! ~# s0 }' p7 M6 I: R- F; _7 M2 s* P1 q
4 K3 ?' W. K/ c2 q6 Z[ Last edited by Wonton on 2004-12-3 at 08:05 PM ] |
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