Echo

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I flopped on my bed and stared at the crack in the ceiling. The crack that had been there since the day we moved in. It had always bothered me every time I looked at it, and looking at it now made me realize I had nothing better to do. Today was the only day I wished I had homework to do. Silence hung in the air until my phone went off loudly, echoing throughout the house. I leaped out of my bed and read the number on my screen, praying it was one of my friends.

"Unknown Number" it read. A spam call.

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