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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!"* x. K7 i4 p; e
' G; I5 ^9 X4 |2 q5 H3 {"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?"; I5 a5 X w/ g' \6 C8 U1 C- I
$ h- g; W& p5 v* j, d* 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!"
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, |8 \- F) @( G, `5 u"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!"
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1 r1 D1 [7 G( J( k' {5 J8 E3 QApparently, 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?; @) u! F7 P8 `# d% Z' U7 C
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