Alana | Jared
"Welcome to Kar-"
"Oh, don't bother. It's me."
"Who?"
"Really? You're gonna act like you don't know me?"
"I don't seem to recall anyone. It's been so long since I heard a voice like yours. I've aged."
"Aww, you missed me."
"Not my words."
"You were thinking about it,"
"Whatever serves your ego."
"It does serve my ego. It's like a confidence booster."
"..."
"Hello?"
"I'm still waiting..."
"For?"
"An apology."
"Why?"
"Why? Why? You're really asking that?"
"Uh-huh."
"You disappeared for a week! I thought you jumped off a bridge or something."
"That's so sweet."
"Hmph. I was checking the newspapers to make sure-"
"Aww, you were—"
"-to make sure my name wasn't there as a murder accessory or something,"
"Murder... accessory? You're ridiculous, haha. Suicide and murder are two different things you know."
"I didn't want to rule out both the possibilities."
"How kind of you. And besides, I don't know your name. It's not like my apparent death will be linked to you."
"Phone records, Yale Girl. Phone records."
"You have an overactive imagination."
"Blame the crime and thriller novels I've been reading at night."
"Wow. Seems like crime novels are all the tickets I need to your paranoia, Flower Boy."
"Bleh, what? That sounds so - so feminine."
"That's sexist, Flower Boy."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Shit sorry. Yes, that was sexist. I'm sorry. I will work on myself. No excuses."
"Aww, I forgive you FLOWERRRRR BOYYYY."
"Ouch. I think my eardrums just exploded,"
"Gee, so dramatic."
"Virtual eye roll."
"Did you just—oh my god-"
"Don't-"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-"
"-laugh."
"-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-"
Click.
"-HAHAHAHAHA. Oh, he cut the call,"
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