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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?"" E6 @8 W. [3 ^, x
- _1 z& j. S: b; l$ \9 h"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!"; g) j" T; m7 f ~" H1 Z- Y
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"Chicago? Chicago, Illinois?!" I was in surprise, "Hey, gal, what was the phone number you just dialed?"
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0 L# v2 x0 |4 V1 ?$ C"Joe's number, 708-780-4528!"% S" [8 w+ O4 D7 C0 F
4 ]9 T- h' W+ G( RApparently, 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?+ ~0 i8 J3 Z' q7 N7 L9 V
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