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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!"$ o- e" [% v( i
3 G, s9 B( V6 Z" r7 E& p7 ]$ m, [8 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?"8 r' f0 k3 t6 J8 X2 r; j3 S) d; k
6 I; H: r7 u( _- h7 P; q1 Z"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!"- ]; Q! N* ] u
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"Chicago? Chicago, Illinois?!" I was in surprise, "Hey, gal, what was the phone number you just dialed?" $ a/ ?7 a( G* |% q- _8 c Q
; [: ~9 Y& b# d1 x* N7 o/ |( K3 E z"Joe's number, 708-780-4528!"% E+ r! {1 h( t: E4 i. P
. d# e/ d0 j- @# P/ W- Y3 fApparently, 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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