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1991/2016

September 11, 2018 By Johanna Baker-Dowdell

Photo by Myke Simon on Unsplash

Hand shaking slightly

She unfolds the scrap of paper

A number scrawled in smudged pencil

She picks up the payphone receiver

Drops coins into the metal slot

And even though she had memorised it

Checks the number again

Carefully pressing each digit to be sure

Then it rings, and rings

Holding her breathe, heart stopped, fingers clenched

“Hello”

A female voice! Who is that?

Breathing quickens. Stop. Deep breath.

“Um, hi, can I speak to…”

~

She flips the phone over and over in her hand

Heart fluttering, nails bitten almost to the quick

She checks again

No new messages

The screen flicks back to black

How she here again, now?

Out of habit she presses the home button again

Nothing, but…

Those three dots

Dot dot dot

That means he’s there

He’s replying!

She holds her breath and waits

“Hey”

What?! That’s it?

She feels her cheeks flush

Wait. Dot dot dot.

“Did you like what I sent you?”

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