A Telephone Call

ATelephoneCallPLEASE,God,lethimtelephonemenow.DearGod,lethimcallmenow.Iwon`taskanythingelseofYou,trulyIwon`t.Itisn`tverymuchtoask.ItwouldbesolittletoYou,God,suchalittle,littlething.Onlylethimtelephonenow.Please,God.Please,please,please.IfIdidn`tthinkaboutit,maybethetelephonemightring.Sometimesitdoesthat.IfIcouldthinkofsomethingelse.IfIcouldthinkofsomethingelse.MaybeifIcountedfivehundredbyfives,itmightringbythattime.I`llcountslowly.Iwon`tcheat.AndifitringswhenIgettothreehundred,Iwon`tstop;Iwon`tanswerituntilIgettofivehundred.Five,ten,fifteen,twenty,twenty-five,thirty,thirty-five,forty,forty-five,fifty....Oh,pleasering.Please.ThisisthelasttimeI`lllookattheclock.Iwillnotlookatitagain.It`stenminutespastseven.Hesaidhewouldtelephoneatfiveo`clock.“I`llcallyouatfive,darling.”Ithinkthat`swherehesaid“darling.”I`malmostsurehesaiditthere.Iknowhecalledme“darling”twice,andtheothertimewaswhenhesaidgood-bye.“Good-bye,darling.”Hewasbusy,andhecan`tsaymuchintheoffice,buthecalledme“darling”twice.Hecouldn`thavemindedmycallinghimup.Iknowyoushouldn`tkeeptelephoningthem?Iknowtheydon`tlikethat.Whenyoudothattheyknowyouarethinkingaboutthemandwantingthem,andthatmakesthemhateyou.ButIhadn`ttalkedtohiminthreedays?notinthreedays.AndallIdidwasaskhimhowhewas;itwasjustthewayanybodymighthavecalledhimup.Hecouldn`thavemindedthat.Hecouldn`thavethoughtIwasbotheringhim.“No,ofcourseyou`renot,”hesaid.Andhesaidhe`dtelephoneme.第1234567页下一页