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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!"+ M! h' U8 R* C; Z
( c2 @) V; W+ q4 i D"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?"; d2 f% @9 a; n( e- ~+ F$ L7 P
* Y1 P4 c& Y" G9 L' W5 s2 c"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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"Chicago? Chicago, Illinois?!" I was in surprise, "Hey, gal, what was the phone number you just dialed?"
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"Joe's number, 708-780-4528!"( t! b. J. e6 V4 k+ i# H
$ y- H- ]+ q7 n0 A; xApparently, 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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