194. The Phone Call
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The phone rang
he was leaving the
. He didn't answer it.
’s probably Dave, he thought.
brother Dave had said
would call. He returned
an hour later. He
his phone for missed
. There was only the
call. But it wasn’t
brother’s number. Who could
be, he wondered. He
the number. A woman
. She said, “Hello, Kim,
are you doing?” Kim
his wife's name. Who
this, he wondered. “Who's
?” he asked. “Who's this?”
asked. “You called me.”
didn't answer. Now he
who it was. It
some woman who called
wife occasionally. They had
classmates at school. His
was polite to her.
his wife didn't like
. She never returned this
’s phone calls. He himself
never met or talked
her. “Sorry, wrong number,”
said.
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