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“Do you knohere a pay phone is?” I asked

You would have thought that I asked where the nearest cobbler was “A pay phone?” she asked in a tone that told me that she had no idea

“Yeah, a pay phone I need one”

With her eyelids half closed, she shook her head, then turned back to her hohed, then looked outside The New York winter was no joke, and on top of not bringing a shorts I looked around, and I ain “You can use the office phone if its an eency”

My faith in humanity was restored I nodded quickly and she opened the office door forto a closet in the back with a desk and chair I thanked her then quickly went to the phone while she went back to her homework I dialed the nu

“Are you on a pay phone?” she asked, sounding even more worried than before

“How did you knoas me?” I asked

“We don't get too many business calls from the 212 area code,” she said So she did have caller ID I would have felt really aard if I had tried to pass off a cell phone call as my own

“Then, no, not quite anyway I'm on the office phone for my dorm”

“Mmm,” I heard her say “I do kind of doubt that Jaed He does have some limitations”

“Of course he has limitations,” I said “What's this all about?”

“You said that you and Ja to fly out to Boston to see hiuys talk about?”

I bit , could I? I had promised Jaain, he had specifically mentioned Tessa by name as a person that I couldn't tell I had been surprised that James had even known her name

“We talked about the kiss” I couldn't avoid that topic at least, I had told her that before I had even left Springfield

“And” she said