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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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1 ~" U+ X' x4 E" ~: U! p"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?"2 n& O' L, c8 \* F2 J/ D2 r& B6 L/ m
5 w+ a; Z. w2 E& y: B4 y"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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- Z, d4 ~7 O; c# A7 L8 Z"Chicago? Chicago, Illinois?!" I was in surprise, "Hey, gal, what was the phone number you just dialed?" 6 X. j6 E2 Z$ M
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"Joe's number, 708-780-4528!"+ k, m( U4 k% f
1 \& m' \- [! [) }9 t" GApparently, 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? Y8 b) v) ?1 H! [
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