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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!"$ h4 G1 H; ~7 w2 k8 h( ^; t
2 T3 F9 B- f; k( L3 Z0 q* ]"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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# ]+ m; G7 M- g; S3 G& v"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!"- ^# K' r! u/ h
7 V- Y. g& [2 F! A1 ^8 a+ ~! h) B"Chicago? Chicago, Illinois?!" I was in surprise, "Hey, gal, what was the phone number you just dialed?" 4 q0 E- ]& S# s! a* D6 a$ K
2 N, \/ D' ]. _$ B+ Z% l"Joe's number, 708-780-4528!"
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2 M+ {; Y; d, H4 a! ~+ ^; hApparently, 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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