The Man in My Basement
“I caught three good-size trout, not for pleasure but to eat that night. I wanted to cook dinner but couldn’t bear the idea of counting out pennies to some high school cashier at the IGA.
It was after 6:00 when I got home. There was a little daylight left in the distance, but it was dusk. My plans were all set by the time I got in, so I went right to the phone.
A woman answered after seven rings. “Hello?”
“Mona?”
“Hey, Charles. Hold on.” She put the phone down with a loud knock and yelled, “It’s... Charles!”
A few moments passed and then the phone hissed as it was being picked up.
“What?” a man’s angry voice said.
“Hey, Clarance. Listen, man, I got to borrow a hundred bucks fast.”
“So?”
“This is no joke, Clarance —”
“Naw. That’s right. This ain’t no joke at all. This is dead serious. I been thinkin’ about you and how you act since last night. And it burns me up. Here I am tryin’ to be your friend and all you wanna do is dis me. Well that’s it.MoreLess
It was after 6:00 when I got home. There was a little daylight left in the distance, but it was dusk. My plans were all set by the time I got in, so I went right to the phone.
A woman answered after seven rings. “Hello?”
“Mona?”
“Hey, Charles. Hold on.” She put the phone down with a loud knock and yelled, “It’s... Charles!”
A few moments passed and then the phone hissed as it was being picked up.
“What?” a man’s angry voice said.
“Hey, Clarance. Listen, man, I got to borrow a hundred bucks fast.”
“So?”
“This is no joke, Clarance —”
“Naw. That’s right. This ain’t no joke at all. This is dead serious. I been thinkin’ about you and how you act since last night. And it burns me up. Here I am tryin’ to be your friend and all you wanna do is dis me. Well that’s it.MoreLess
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