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... oesn’t answer the first time, so I call again. This time, she picks up, and her annoyed voice brings tears to my eyes.
"Hello?" that wonderful voice snaps into my ear, suspicious and guarded. She thinks I’m a robocaller.
"Hey, Lise." Somehow, I manage to sound normal.
"Ava? This isn’t your number. Did you lose your phone?"
I pick at the inseam of my jeans, staring out the train window, focusing on the rolling hills beyond the raindrops splattered against my window ...
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