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Dawn Breaks
I pick up the phone. “Hello?” Long pause. I hear a series of beep, boop, boops, but no voice. I figure it’s someone butt dialing me, so I hang up and don’t give it any further thought. If it’s important, they’ll call back. But this time he did call back right away. I heard an…
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“May I Speak to Margaret?”
This actually happened to me many years ago. My phone rang one afternoon. “May I speak to Margaret?” “Sorry, you have the wrong number.” She hangs up. The phone rings again. Same woman. “Is Margaret there?” “There’s nobody here by that name.” “Well, this is the number she gave me.” “Well, it’s the wrong number.”…