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Alone.
"Hello? Emily, come home this instant! How dare you leave home so suddenly!"
I scoff, unable to believe her words. I silently wish I never answered the phone but the damn woman wouldn't take no for an answer. After ignoring her calls multiple times, I decided to answer before she blew my phone up. . . Literally.
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