Blown Away
“He snapped upright, banged his head on the gooseneck lamp on his desk, then swatted the phone off the desk in his attempt to answer it. Amazingly, he caught it just before it hit the ground.
“Hello.”
“Mal? Mal, is that you?” A giggle and a hiccup followed. “I’m not sure I dialed the right number. But that can’t be right. I’m a genius with numbers. Everyone says so.”
Jimmy’s eyes snapped open, his brain a little slower to follow. The voice was female and familiar. It wasn’t his sister, Janey, an...d it wasn’t her best friend, Andrea. That left about twenty female cousins but since he heard no trace of a South Philly accent, it had to be… “Merrianne?”
She snorted. “Of course it’s me. Let me in, Mal. I need to talk to Janey.”
Jimmy glanced at his watch, swearing when he saw it was almost two a.m. “Merri, it’s Jimmy. Mal’s not here. Do you know what time it is?”
“Whadya mean he’s not here? He works here. I know he works here. I’ve seen him. Let me in, Mal.MoreLess
“Hello.”
“Mal? Mal, is that you?” A giggle and a hiccup followed. “I’m not sure I dialed the right number. But that can’t be right. I’m a genius with numbers. Everyone says so.”
Jimmy’s eyes snapped open, his brain a little slower to follow. The voice was female and familiar. It wasn’t his sister, Janey, an...d it wasn’t her best friend, Andrea. That left about twenty female cousins but since he heard no trace of a South Philly accent, it had to be… “Merrianne?”
She snorted. “Of course it’s me. Let me in, Mal. I need to talk to Janey.”
Jimmy glanced at his watch, swearing when he saw it was almost two a.m. “Merri, it’s Jimmy. Mal’s not here. Do you know what time it is?”
“Whadya mean he’s not here? He works here. I know he works here. I’ve seen him. Let me in, Mal.MoreLess
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